APPLICATOR FOR SELF-EXPANDING INTRAVAGINAL URINARY INCONTINENCE DEVICES

An applicator for a self-expanding intravaginal device has a barrel and a plunger that can substantially contain the self-expanding intravaginal device without significant insertion barrel distortion while maintaining comfortable applicator insertion. The barrel has an insertion end, an opposed grip...

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Hauptverfasser:	HOU, MARI, TROJANOWSKI, ALAN, HULL, RAYMOND J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An applicator for a self-expanding intravaginal device has a barrel and a plunger that can substantially contain the self-expanding intravaginal device without significant insertion barrel distortion while maintaining comfortable applicator insertion. The barrel has an insertion end, an opposed gripper end, and a central portion therebetween, and it is arranged and configured to substantially contain the self-expanding intravaginal device. The plunger is in telescoping relation with the barrel, and it is arranged and configured to expel the self-expanding intravaginal device out of the insertion end of the barrel when the plunger is pushed into the gripper end of the barrel. A plurality of flexible petals substantially closes the insertion end of the barrel, and the central portion of the barrel has a load to 3 mm deflection of at least about 15 Newtons. Other aspects of the invention include a self-expanding intravaginal urinary incontinence system, and methods of making the applicator. Un applicateur conçu pour un dispositif intravaginal auto-extensible comporte un barillet et un piston qui peut substantiellement contenir le dispositif intravaginal auto-extensible sans distorsion significative du barillet dinsertion tout en permettant linsertion confortable de lapplicateur. Le barillet comporte une extrémité dinsertion, une extrémité de préhension opposée et une portion centrale entre les deux extrémités, et le barillet est disposé et configuré pour contenir substantiellement le dispositif intravaginal auto-extensible. Le piston est en relation télescopique avec le barillet et il est disposé et configuré pour expulser le dispositif intravaginal auto-extensible de lextrémité dinsertion du barillet lorsque le piston est poussé dans lextrémité de préhension du barillet. Une pluralité de pétales flexibles referme substantiellement lextrémité dinsertion du barillet et la portion centrale du barillet présente une charge de déviation de 3 mm dau moins environ 15 newtons. Dautres aspects de linvention comprennent un système intravaginal auto-extensible destiné à lincontinence, et des méthodes de fabrication de lapplicateur.