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An intravaginal therapeutic system for the pre-programmed, unattended delivery of a drug is disclosed. The system comprises (a) a drug, (b) a delivery module comprising a reservoir for storing the drug in an amount for execution of the program, a rate controller which maintains the rate of drug deli

An intravaginal therapeutic system for the pre-programmed, unattended delivery of a drug is disclosed. The system comprises (a) a drug, (b) a delivery module comprising a reservoir for storing the drug in an amount for execution of the program, a rate controller which maintains the rate of drug delivered in a therapeutically effective amount throughout the life of the system, an energy source for transferring drug from the reservoir to the vagina, and a portal for releasing the drug from the module to the vagina, (c) a platform which integrates the module into a unit sized, shaped and adapted for insertion and retention in a vagina, and (d) therapeutic program which provides for the controlled release of drug to produce a beneficial effect over a prolonged period of time.

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A vaginal device for delivering drugs, said device consisting essentially of: a. a closed, curved body sized and shaped as a platform adapted for easy insertion and comfortable retention in a vagina, said body consisting essentially of: b. a wall formed of a tubular shaped, non-toxic, thermoplastic,

A vaginal device for delivering drugs, said device consisting essentially of: a. a closed, curved body sized and shaped as a platform adapted for easy insertion and comfortable retention in a vagina, said body consisting essentially of: b. a wall formed of a tubular shaped, non-toxic, thermoplastic, moldable polymeric material united at its ends by a coupling inserted in the tubular wall and having a diameter approximately equivalent to the inside diameter of the tubular wall, to form an essentially liquid impervious union, with the wall surrounding and forming; c. an internal reservoir; d. a drug housed in the reservoir; e. a carrier for the drug in the reservoir; and, f. wherein, said platform at its maximum dimensions measures from a loci on its curved wall to a loci on its distant curved wall of from 0.4 cm to 16 cm, and when placed in a vagina will provide a preprogrammed, unattended continuous delivery of drug at a controlled rate and in a therapeutically effective amount to a vagina over a prolonged period of time.