Female condom

A female condom for deployment in a vagina, said condom comprising:

• a frame for contacting the female anatomy external to the vagina;
• a pouch connected to said frame, said pouch having an open end and a closed end;
• and
• means for retaining said pouch within the vagina, wherein said pouch includes a biasing means for retaining said pouch in a longitudinally contracted configuration following deployment of said condom in the vagina,
• wherein the structure of said biasing means allows said pouch to extend longitudinally, and exerts a contractive longitudinal bias for returning said pouch to said longitudinally contracted configuration.

A female condom for providing prophylactic protection to a female during sexual intercourse by deployment in the vagina of the female, said condom comprising:

• a pouch having an open end, a closed end and a tubular body extending longitudinally between said open end and said closed end, said tubular body having a wall with an interior and an exterior;
• a frame for attachment to said open end, said frame supporting said open end to provide an opening into the interior of said tubular body;
• and
• retaining means for retaining said closed end in the vagina, wherein said retaining means is located near said closed end of said pouch and said pouch includes means for elastically biasing said pouch into a contracted configuration.