Iodine contraceptive sponge
CA 2003952 A1 · Owner: Leveen, Eric G. · Inventors: Leveen, Eric G.; Leveen, Harry H. (Deceased); Leveen, Robert F.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A bacteriocidal virocidal sponge containing iodine and a surfactant which can be used as a contraceptive and as therapy for vaginitis. It consists of a polyurethane open cell foam impregnated with a surfactant and iodine. A bactericidal tampon containing an iodophor does not induce toxic shock syndrome.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 27, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 27, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 27, 2011.
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