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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Kimberly Louise Ellefson, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jason Robert Boon, Appleton, WI (US);
Garry Roland Woltman, Appleton, WI (US);
Maryann Zunker, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Patricia Ann Samolinski, Winneconne, WI (US);
Walter George Bauer, Neenah, WI (US);
Vivian Kate Barad, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicole Sarah Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gina Lynn Romero, Los Altos, CA (US);
Elger Oberwelz, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Rolfe Yurchenco, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jonah Lawrence Houston, San Jose, CA (US);
Tiffany Heather Card, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Martin Schnitzer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimberly Louise Ellefson, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jason Robert Boon, Appleton, WI (US);
Garry Roland Woltman, Appleton, WI (US);
MaryAnn Zunker, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Patricia Ann Samolinski, Winneconne, WI (US);
Walter George Bauer, Neenah, WI (US);
Vivian Kate Barad, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicole Sarah Kahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gina Lynn Romero, Los Altos, CA (US);
Elger Oberwelz, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Rolfe Yurchenco, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jonah Lawrence Houston, San Jose, CA (US);
Tiffany Heather Card, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Martin Schnitzer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Generally, a vaginal insert device used to treat urinary incontinence is disclosed. The vaginal insert device includes a support portion, a stabilizing portion, a removal device, and at least one fluid passageway extending though the support portion. The substantially cylindrical support portion has a distal end and a proximal end. In addition, the support portion has a plurality of foldable areas extending from the distal end to the proximal end. Desirably, the plurality of foldable areas helically curve as the plurality of foldable areas extend from the distal end to the proximal end. The largest outer circumference of the support portion has an insertion diameter when the plurality of foldable areas are compressed and foldable inward and an in-use diameter wherein the plurality of foldable areas are extended outward into a maximum in-use diameter position. Desirably, the in-use diameter is larger than the insertion diameter.