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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2011
Steven Lawrence Herbowy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Miles Harris Rosen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jacob Samuel Brenner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Steven Lawrence Herbowy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Miles Harris Rosen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jacob Samuel Brenner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pelvalon, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An intra-vaginal device for the control of stool passage, including a body mechanism for securing the device around the area of the pubic notch and in the area of the posterior fornix, the body mechanism including a force applying mechanism for reversibly applying a force to a posterior portion of the vagina to occlude the rectum. A method of controlling the passage of stool in a patient, by inserting an intra-vaginal device into the patient's vagina such that an anterior end rests around the pubic notch and a posterior end rests in the posterior fornix, exerting a force towards the posterior side of the vagina, moving an anterior wall of the patient's rectum towards the posterior wall of the rectum with the force applying portion, impeding the passage of stool, and removing the force, allowing stool to pass.