Systems and methods for incontinence control
AssigneeSoft Health Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas J. Berryman, John M. Taylor
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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, an adhesive carried 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 substance carried by at least one of the body and the adhesive and configured for controlling the odor of the general vaginal-urethral area of a female.
Claims5
1-5. (canceled)
A system for managing female incontinence comprising:
- 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;
- an adhesive carried 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 substance carried by at least one of the body and the adhesive and configured for controlling the odor of the general vaginal-urethral area of a female,
- wherein the substance is contained within a pellet.
7-26. (canceled)
A system for managing female incontinence comprising:
- 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;
- an adhesive carried on at least a first portion of the surface and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus;
- a substance carried by at least one of the body and the adhesive and configured for controlling the odor of the general vaginal-urethral area of a female;
- a manipulation member coupled to at least one of the body and the adhesive and configured to be engaged by at least one finger, wherein the manipulation member comprises a tether coupled to at least one of the body and the adhesive, and wherein the tether comprises a first end and a second end, the first end of the tether incorporated into the at least one of the body and the adhesive and the second end of the tether configured for grasping, such that a tensile force can be placed on at least a portion of the body to aid its removal from between the labia minora and the vestibule floor;
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- a woven fabric incorporated into at least one of the body and the adhesive, wherein the first end of the tether is at least partially combined into the woven fabric.
28-30. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.