Device for exercising or supporting the pelvic floor muscles

摘要

A device (101) for supporting or exercising the pelvic floor muscles in a female human. The device has a unitary elongate body having a first enlarged end (103), a second enlarged end (105), and a relatively narrow interconnecting region (107) that interconnects the first enlarged end and the second enlarged end. The first enlarged end (103) generally extends in a first direction from the interconnecting region (107) and from one end of the interconnecting region. The second enlarged end (105) generally extends in a second generally opposite direction from the interconnecting region (107) and from the other end of the interconnecting region. The first enlarged end (103), the second enlarged end (105), and the narrow interconnecting region (107) are substantially fully insertable into the vagina to provide resistance to contraction of the pelvic floor muscles.

主权项

1. A device for exercising and strengthening pelvic floor muscles of a female human having a vagina with an anterior vaginal wall and a vaginal opening, the device comprising:
a tip end portion configured to be inserted into the vagina and spaced inwardly from the vaginal opening, the tip end portion comprising a first surface opposite a second surface, the first surface being generally concave when viewed from an exterior of the device, and the second surface being generally convex when viewed from the exterior of the device; a base end portion configured to be inserted into the vagina and positioned adjacent the pelvic floor muscles to provide resistance to contraction of the pelvic floor muscles, the base end portion being positioned nearer the vaginal opening than the tip end portion when the tip and base end portions are both inserted into the vagina, the base end portion being larger than the tip end portion and having a continuous surface across a diameter extending between its outermost edges; and a curved interconnecting region that interconnects the tip end portion and the base end portion, together the tip end portion, the interconnecting region, and the base end portion having a generally figure-eight-like outer shape, the interconnecting region having a first curved portion adjacent the tip end portion, a second curved portion adjacent the base end portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the first and second curved portions, the intermediate portion being narrower than the tip and base end portions, a portion of the intermediate portion being narrower than the first and second curved portions, wherein, when the tip and base end portions are both inserted into the vagina, the first curved portion positions the tip end portion to extend away from the intermediate portion in an inward and anterior direction with the concave first surface being adjacent the anterior vaginal wall, the second curved portion positions the intermediate portion to extend away from the base end portion in an inward and posterior direction, and contracting the pelvic floor muscles adjacent the base end portion presses the tip end portion against the anterior vaginal wall.