Male incontinence clamp system and method

A method of using a male incontinence clamp to address incontinence in a user, the method comprising:

• opening the male incontinence clamp, the male incontinence clamp comprising:
• a first bar that includes:
• a first bar central body from which a first rear arm and first front arm extend, the first bar defining a first first bar sidewall and a second first bar sidewall, a first bar external face and a first bar internal face, the first front arm comprising a ratchet end that defines:
• a first arm tip,
• a plurality of ratchet slots, and
• a stop notch, wherein a portion of the ratchet end, including at least the first arm tip and one or more of the plurality of ratchet slots, is configured to extend below past a plane the first bar external face in at least on configuration of the male incontinence clamp,
• a first pad assembly disposed at the first bar internal face, the first pad assembly comprising a convex central ridge and a pair of peripheral concave valleys on opposing sides of the convex central ridge with a continuous sloping connection thereto, the first pad assembly having symmetry about a first pad central axis that extends centrally through the convex central ridge, and
• an adjustment assembly configured to adjust the first pad assembly disposed at the first bar internal face based at least in part on an extension shaft of the adjustment assembly configured to extend and retract between a minimum and maximum distance of between 0.5 mm-2.0 mm to adjust the first pad assembly;
• a second bar that includes:
• a second bar central body from which a second rear arm and second front arm extend, the second bar defining a first second bar sidewall and second second bar sidewall, a second bar external face, and a second bar internal face, the second bar central body defining a dorsal gap configured to provide visual assistance with placement and alignment of the male incontinence clamp on a male member of the user, the second bar further comprising a stop tip at an end of the second front arm, the stop tip configured to engage with the stop notch of the ratchet end of the first bar to generate a closure stop between the first bar and the second bar, the stop tip comprising a ratchet tooth configured to engage respectively with the plurality of ratchet slots of the ratchet end of the first bar to couple the first and second bars together, and
• a second pad assembly comprising a separate first pad and a second pad disposed on the second bar internal face symmetrically on opposing sides of a second bar axis, and in at least one configuration of the male incontinence clamp, the second bar axis and the first pad central axis being coincident along a central axis Y of the male incontinence clamp, the separate first pad and the second pad defining a member gap therebetween with respective central ends of the separate first pad and the second pad facing the member gap sloping to make the first and second pads thicker farther from the respective central ends;
• a hinge assembly that rotatably couples the first bar and the second bar at the first rear arm and the second rear arm of the first bar and the second bar;
• and
• a member cavity defined at least in part by the first pad assembly and the first pad and the second pad;
• inserting the male member into the member cavity defined at least in part by the first pad assembly and the first pad and the second pad, the male incontinence clamp surrounding a shaft of the male member;
• orienting the male incontinence clamp on the male member using the dorsal gap for visual guidance such that a dorsal end of the male member is disposed proximate to and engaging the separate first pad and the second pad and disposed within the member gap defined by the separate first pad and the second pad, and oriented with a ventral end of the male member disposed proximate to and engaging the first pad assembly;
• and
• closing the male incontinence clamp around the shaft of the male member to cause:
• the stop tip of the second bar to engage with the stop notch of the ratchet end of the first bar to generate the closure stop between the first bar and the second bar,
• the ratchet tooth to engage a final ratchet slot of the plurality of ratchet slots to releasably lock the first and second bars together,
• a configuration of the male incontinence clamp where the second bar axis and the first pad central axis are coincident along the central axis Y of the male incontinence clamp, and
• the convex central ridge of the first pad assembly to apply sufficient pressure to a urethra of the male member to address incontinence associated with the male member of the user.