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US 7,682,347 B2Granted
Fluid voiding apparatus
AssigneeFemMed, Inc.
InventorsMark Parks, James C. Block
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Abstract
An extra-labia urine voiding apparatus including a container sized and shaped to externally cover a vulval region of a female anatomy. The container has an open side and defines a reservoir that is adapted for receiving urine. The container also includes a surface disposed at a top of the container adapted to face and generally surround a periphery of the vulval region. The voiding apparatus also includes a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir of the container and adapted for draining urine from the reservoir.
Claims35
An extra-labial urine voiding kit comprising:
- an extra-labia urine voiding apparatus including:
- a container adapted to cover a vulval region of a female anatomy, the container including a top and a bottom, a font side and a back side, and interior and exterior surfaces, the container defining a reservoir adapted for receiving urine through an opening at the top of the container;
- a blocking mechanism including a wall connected to the container and facing the reservoir, the wall is generally disposed proximate the opening at the top of the container about a perimeter of the reservoir and extends a distance inward from the perimeter of the reservoir, wherein the wall includes a blocking surface thereon, in which the blocking surface provides a front that counters urine voided from a user's body from escaping through the opening at the top of the container and contacting the user;
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- a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir of the container disposed at the bottom of the container, the conduit including interior and exterior surfaces and is configured to guide urine generally downwardly and forwardly toward a lower opening of the conduit for draining urine from the reservoir of the container,
- the opening in the top of the container having a front region at the front side and a back region at the back side, the interior surfaces of the container and conduit including:
- a generally linear path beginning at the top of the container at the back region of the opening of the container and ending at the lower opening of the conduit, and the interior surfaces of the container including:
- a front surface at the front region and extending generally downwardly toward the conduit, the front surface defines a front surface axis that intersects the generally linear path between ends of the conduit and below the reservoir of the container;
- a piece of absorbent material adapted for wiping the vulval region;
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- a packaging structure that contains the urine voiding apparatus and the piece of absorbent material.
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An extra-labia urine voiding apparatus comprising:
- a container including a top and a bottom, a front side and a back side, and interior and exterior surfaces, the top being sized and shaped to externally cover a vulval region of a female anatomy, the container defining a reservoir between the top and the bottom, the top having an opening adapted for receiving urine into the reservoir;
- a blocking mechanism including a wall connected to the container and facing the reservoir, the wall is generally disposed proximate the opening at the top of the container about a perimeter of the reservoir and extends a distance inward from the perimeter of the reservoir, wherein the wall includes a blocking surface thereon, in which the blocking surface provides a front that counters urine voided from a user's body from escaping through the opening at the top of the container and contacting the user;
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- a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir of the container disposed at the bottom of the container, the conduit including interior and exterior surfaces and is configured to guide urine generally downwardly and forwardly toward a lower opening of the conduit for draining urine from the reservoir of the container,
- the opening in the top of the container having a front region at the front side and a back region at the back side,
- the interior surfaces of the container and conduit including:
- a generally linear path beginning at the top of the container and at the back region of the opening of the container and ending at the lower opening of the conduit, and
- the interior surfaces of the container including:
- a front surface at the front region and extending generally downwardly toward the conduit, the front surface defines a front surface axis that intersects the generally linear path between ends of the conduit and below the reservoir of the container.
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An extra-labia urine voiding apparatus comprising:
- a container including a top and a bottom, the top being sized and shaped to externally cover a vulval region of a female anatomy, the container defining a reservoir between the top and the bottom, the top having an opening adapted for receiving urine into the reservoir;
- a blocking mechanism including a wall connected to the container and facing the reservoir, the wall is generally disposed proximate the opening at the top of the container about a perimeter of the reservoir and extends a distance inward from the perimeter of the reservoir, wherein the wall includes a blocking surface thereon, in which the blocking surface provides a front that counters urine voided from a user's body from escaping through the opening at the top of the container and contacting the user;
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- a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir of the container disposed at the bottom of the container, the conduit is configured to guide urine generally downwardly and forwardly toward a lower opening of the conduit for draining urine from the reservoir of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.