FEMALE INCONTINENCE DEVICE

摘要

This invention is a device (10) for alleviating female urinary incontinence comprising a resilient and at least partially deformable device body (12) having a distal tip portion (18), a flange (24), and an intermediate frustaconical portion (22) extending outwardly from the tip portion (8) to the flange (24). In use, upper wall portions of the intermediate frusta-conical portion (22) adjacent to the tip portion (18) are moved toward abutting relation to form a first vacuum region within the tip portion (18) and a second vacuum region within the frusta-conical portion (22). The meatus of the user is disposed in the second vacuum region and is advantageously prevented from entering the first region by the upper wall portions of the intermediate frusta-conical portion. With this arrangement, the meatus is disposed in a "tent" region (i.e., the second vacuum region) which has a broad base, an apex, and is prevented from entering the first vacuum region which has a narrower entrance that could detrimentally entrap meatal tissue.