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Patent No.:

US 10918515 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2016

Vaginal ring applicator

Applicant:

Merck Sharp & Dohme B.v., Haarlem, NL;

Inventors:

Owen Callaghan, Den Bosch, NL;

Cornelis P. M. Govers, Bergham, NL;

Joris M. Swaak, Deventer, NL;

Marco A. Voogsgerd, Deventer, NL;

Mario A. A. de Zeeuw, Deventer, NL;

Jesper Laursen, Alslev, DK;

Klaas Sipkens, Alslev, DK;

Assignee:

Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., Haarlem, NL;

Attorneys:

Janet E. Fair

Catherine D. Fitch

Primary Examiner:

Ophelia A Hawthorne

Assistant Examiner:

Caitlin A Carreiro

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/12 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/28 (2006.01); A61F 13/26 (2006.01); A61F 6/08 (2006.01); A61K 31/565 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/26 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/12 (2013.01); A61F 6/08 (2013.01); A61F 13/26 (2013.01); A61F 13/266 (2013.01); A61F 13/28 (2013.01); A61K 9/0036 (2013.01); A61K 31/565 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); B29C 45/261 (2013.01); A61L 2400/10 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vaginal ring applicator having a polymeric barrel and at least one friction reducing agent, wherein the barrel is a flattened cylinder having two slightly curved and opposing sides connected by two arcs, wherein the barrel extends between an insertion end and a plunger end; and a plunger extending between distal and proximal ends, wherein the distal end of the plunger engages the plunger end of the barrel and wherein the plunger fits telescopically within the barrel.

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