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US 4,799,928 AGranted
Urological device
AssigneeFemlib Medical Devices (Proprietary) Limited
InventorIvan P. Crowley
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Abstract
An incontinence device for a female user includes a drain tube having a mouth opening, and a vestibulo-vaginal insert extending upwardly from the rear of the mouth opening. The insert is of resilient flexible material expansible laterally in use within the vagina of the user, away from a medial plane. This ensures that the mouth opening of the drain tube is held in register with the urethral meatus of the user.
Claims7
An incontinence device for a female user, which includes
- a drian tube having a mouth opening defined by the inner periphery of a thin delicate peripheral flange disposed transversely to the wall of the mouth opening, the flange being shaped to seat sealingly around the urethral meatus of a user;
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- a vestibulo-vaginal insert extending away from the drain tube and being of resiliently flexible material expansible laterally in use within the vagina of the user, away from a medial plane to ensure that the mouth opening of the drain tube is held in register with the urethral meatus of the user, the vestibulo-vaginal insert comprising a central spine portion adjacent the drain tube mouth opening, and resilient lobe or wing portions of generally semi-circular section on either side of the spine portion, the lobe or wing portions being foldable in use inwardly from a relaxed shape against their inherent resilience to lie in laterally compressed shape against the spine portion, thereby providing the lateral expansibility to hold the drain tube mouth opening in register with the urethral meatus of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.