Female urinary incontinence devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9402703-B2
Application number	US-201414516355-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2014
Priority date	Feb 6, 2008
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a female urinary incontinence-inhibiting device comprising a flexible torus including at least one slot configured to, under compression, flexibly reduce the outer diameter of the flexible torus, the flexible torus having a diameter configured to inhibit female urinary incontinence when placed in a vagina and a stabilizing element, coupled to the flexible torus, the stabilizing element having a size and position configured to stabilize the flexible torus within the vagina.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A female urinary incontinence-inhibiting device, comprising:
i) a round base having a diameter configured to inhibit female urinary incontinence when placed in a vagina;
ii) a nose located distal to the round base; and
iii) a stabilizing element, coupled to and extending between said round base and said nose, said stabilizing element having a size and position configured to stabilize said round base within the vagina, said stabilizing element having a cone shape having a first diameter at a first location wherein the stabilizing element is coupled to the round base and a second diameter at a second location wherein the stabilizing element is coupled to the nose wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter;
wherein said stabilizing element includes a radially outwardly projecting element having a diameter and circumscribing the stabilizing element and located a distance from said round base and wherein the diameter of the round base is greater than the first diameter of the stabilizing element and wherein the diameter of the round base is greater than the diameter of the radially outwardly projecting element.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said distance between said outwardly projecting element and said round base is sufficient to encourage vaginal tenting between said outwardly projecting element and said round base.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said radially outward projecting element comprises a ring.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said device is a substantially voidless solid.

5. A female urinary incontinence-inhibiting device, comprising:
i) a round base having a diameter configured to inhibit female urinary incontinence when placed in a vagina;
ii) a nose located distal to the round base; and
iii) a stabilizing element, coupled to and extending between said round base and said nose, said stabilizing element having a size and position configured to stabilize said round base within the vagina, said stabilizing element having a cone shape having a first diameter at a first location wherein the stabilizing element is coupled to the round base and a second diameter at a second location wherein the stabilizing element is coupled to the nose wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter;
wherein said stabilizing element includes a round element having a diameter and circumscribing the stabilizing element and located a distance from said round base and wherein the diameter of the round base is greater than the first diameter of the stabilizing element and wherein the diameter of the round base is greater than the diameter of the round element.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the round element comprises a ring.

7. The device according to claim 5 , wherein said distance between said round element and said round base is sufficient to encourage vaginal tenting between said round element and said round base.

8. The device according to claim 5 , wherein said device is a substantially voidless solid.

Assignees

• Kimberly Clark Co

Inventors

• Ziv Elan
• Perle Amir
• Sabo Elisheva
• Bauder Idan

Classifications

• A61F2250/0039

  differing in diameter · CPC title

• A61F2250/001

  for adjusting a diameter · CPC title

• A61F2/005 Primary

  with pressure applied to urethra by an element placed in the vagina · CPC title

• A61F2/0009 Primary

  placed in or outside the body opening close to the surface of the body (plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ A61B17/0057) · CPC title