Applicator and stimulator device

摘要

An applicator and stimulator device comprises a flexible sleeve closed at one end and having a one or more indented cells in its outer wall and adapted to accomodate a human finger within the sleeve. In order to assist application of fluids it may have one or more cells associated with the outer wall which contain fluid which is retained by a seal. The seal is openable or rupturable when pressure is applied across the wall or the wall is in contact with an environment that weakens the seal. The sleeve is formed from an elastic material such as natural or a synthetic rubber such as a highly plasticised PVC resin. The cells associated with the outer wall are formed by creating depressions in the wall during moulding of the device. In its unflexed state the body of the sleeve is substantially cylindrical and the cells are preferably formed on a portion of the sleeve surface near to the closed end sustaining and angle of about 90 degrees over the surface measured from the axis of the cylinder. The cells may contain a lubricant, a pharmacologically active compound or a combination of such substances. The preferred pharmacologically active compound is a vasoactive compound such as vasodilator alone or in admixture with one or more adjuvants to ensure consistency and retention when applied to tissue. At least part of the periphery of the open end of the sleeve may carry a sealed channel filled with a lubricant that is released when the seal is ruptured.