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US 12,672,979 B2Granted
Combined pessary and menstrual cup
AssigneeThe University of Toledo
InventorsLauren Coy, Joelle Gallais, Morgan Folley, Tara Dobric
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Abstract
A combined pessary and menstrual cup useful for a human needing a pessary during menstruation is described.
Claims20
A combined pessary and menstrual cup comprising:
- a ring portion comprising a knob extending radially outwardly from a base ring along a portion of a circumference of the base ring;
- and
- a cup portion extending from the base ring to a cup bottom point and defining an internal volume configured to retain a volume of liquid, wherein the base ring defines an opening to the internal volume.
A combined pessary and menstrual cup comprising:
- a ring portion comprising a base ring;
- and
- a cup portion extending from an interior surface of the base ring to a cup bottom point and defining an internal volume configured to retain a volume of liquid, wherein the base ring defines an opening to the internal volume;
- wherein the base ring has a thickness diameter measured from a top surface of the base ring to a bottom surface of the base ring, the cup portion has a cup height measured from a plane defined by a bottom surface of the base ring to a parallel plane defined by the cup bottom point, and a ratio of the thickness diameter to the cup height is from about 0.60:1 to about 3:1;
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- wherein a loop diameter from a first side of the base ring to a second side of the base ring is from about 51 mm to about 95 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.