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US 2015/0305844 A1Published application
Vaginal insert
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsKyle John Schuman, Steven Charles Schapel, Amanda R. Altan, Michael Andrew Maloney, Sean Michael Maloney, Yogesh Kumar Chauhan
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Abstract
A vaginal insert which can be provided in an applicator for the treatment of urinary incontinence in females. The vaginal insert can provide tension-free incontinence treating support perpendicularly to the urethra (i.e., across the urethra).
Claims18
A vaginal insert comprising an anchoring element, a supporting element, a node between the anchoring element and the supporting element, and a first migration reduction feature.
An array of vaginal inserts comprising:
- a. a first vaginal insert comprising an anchoring element, a supporting element, a node between the anchoring element and the supporting element, a first migration reduction feature and a Shore A hardness;
- b. a second vaginal insert comprising an anchoring element, a supporting element, a node between the anchoring element and the supporting element, a first migration reduction feature and a Shore A hardness;
- wherein the second vaginal insert differs from the first vaginal insert in at least one of the Shore A hardness or the migration reduction feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.