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Uromed Corporation

Brian Cox

Robert Rosenbluth

George Robert Greene

Jay Lenker

Jay Alan Lenker

Daniel C Merrill

A device for managing urinary incontinence comprises a resilient body that engages the external genitalia and sealingly occludes the urethral meatus. In female embodiments, the body fits between the labia minora and the floor of the vulval vestibule, occluding the meatus. An adhesive on the body provides a sealing engagement with the meatus. In a first female embodiment, the body has a base with an adhesive layer that seats against the vestibule floor. A pair of flexible, lateral flaps engage the labia minora. A layer of super-absorbent material may be situated between the base and the adhesive layer, and/or a layer of scrim material may be so situated. The body may have a longitudinal ridge with a posterior edge having a finger hole to facilitate installation and removal of the device. In a second female embodiment, the body is substantially tubular, with the adhesive on the exterior surface of the body. In a third female embodiment, the body is an elastomeric bladder, filled with a liquid or gel, that conformingly fits between the labia minora and the vestibule floor so as to occlude the meatus. The exterior surface of the bladder is coated with an adhesive to sealingly occlude the meatus. In male embodiments, the device includes a resilient pad with adhesive on one surface. The pad conforms to and adhesively attaches to the penile glans, with the adhesive sealingly occluding the meatus. Securing tabs may be provided to adhere to the glans or the penile shaft.

Urinary incontinence device

A device for managing urinary incontinence comprises a resilient body that engages the external genitalia and sealingly occludes the urethral meatus. In female embodiments, the body fits between the labia minora and the floor of the vulval vestibule, occluding the meatus. An adhesive on the body provides a sealing engagement with the meatus. In a first female embodiment, the body has a base with an adhesive layer that seats against the vestibule floor. A pair of flexible, lateral flaps engage the labia minora. A layer of super-absorbent material may be situated between the base and the adhesive Layer, and/or a layer of scrim material may be so situated. The body may have a longitudinal ridge with a posterior edge having a finger hole to facilitate installation and removal of the device. In a second female embodiment, the body is substantially tubular, with the adhesive on the exterior surface of the body. In a third female embodiment, the body is an elastomeric bladder, filled with a liquid or gel, that conformingly fits between the labia minora and the vestibule floor so as to occlude the meatus. The exterior surface of the bladder is coated with an adhesive to sealingly occlude the meatus. In male embodiments, the device includes a resilient pad with adhesive on one surface. The pad conforms to and adhesively attaches to the penile glans, with the adhesive sealingly occluding the meatus. Securing tabs may be provided to adhere to the glans or the penile shaft.

Controlling urinary incontinence

The present invention provides an apparatus of novel design for use in the rapid, non-surgical removal of foreign bodies from the urethra and bladder. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transurethral snaring tool for encircling and ensnaring a foreign body within the urethral lumen or bladder. The snaring tool is further provided in one embodiment with an introduction sheath, suitable for housing a cystoscope lens or other viewing means, and an obturator, for the atraumatic introduction of the sheath. In accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a foreign body removal apparatus having additional tools to insert through the transurethral sheath, including a rigid forward forceps and a lateral grasping forceps. There is additionally provided a non-surgical method for removal of a foreign body from a body cavity.

Method and apparatus for removal of a foreign body cavity

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Lake Forest, CA, United States of America

Brian Cox