Systems and methods for incontinence control
AssigneeSoft Health Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn Nguyen, John M. Taylor, Thomas J. Berryman
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Abstract
A system for managing female incontinence includes a body of biocompatible material configured to fit between the labia minora and the vestibule floor, the body having a surface configured to occlude the urethral meatus, a first adhesive layer disposed on at least a first portion of the surface and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus, and a second adhesive layer disposed over the first adhesive layer and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus, wherein the second adhesive layer is removable from the first adhesive layer.
Claims20
A system for managing female incontinence comprising:
- a first sheet having a first surface and a second surface;
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- an adhesive layer having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface of the adhesive layer connected directly to at least a portion of the first surface of the first sheet;
- wherein the first sheet is configured to fit between the labia minora and the vestibule floor of a female human subject, wherein the first surface of the adhesive layer is configured to occlude the urethral meatus of the female human subject, and wherein the first sheet is a substantially two-dimensional sheet.
A system for managing female incontinence comprising:
- a first sheet having a first surface and a second surface;
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- an adhesive layer having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface of the adhesive layer connected directly to at least a portion of the first surface of the first sheet;
- wherein the first sheet is configured to fit between the labia minora and the vestibule floor of a female human subject, and wherein the first surface of the adhesive layer is configured to occlude the urethral meatus of the female human subject, and wherein the first sheet comprises a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion, the first portion and the second portion separated by a first linear fold, the second portion and the third portion separated by a second linear fold, and the third portion and the fourth portion separated by a third linear fold.
A system for managing female incontinence comprising:
- a first sheet having a first surface and a second surface;
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- an adhesive layer having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface of the adhesive layer connected directly to at least a portion of the first surface of the first sheet;
- wherein the first sheet is configured to fit between the labia minora and the vestibule floor of a female human subject, and wherein the first surface of the adhesive layer is configured to occlude the urethral meatus of the female human subject, and wherein the first sheet is divided into a main portion and a peripheral portion by a weakened boundary, the peripheral portion removable from the main portion by forced separation along the weakened boundary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.