| 摘要 |
<p>INCONTINENCE DEVICES FOR WOMEN There is disclosed an incontinence device for use by females provided with an internal portion (1, 51, 101, 201) generally shaped so as, in use, to conform to or contact the anterior vaginal wall (12) of the user and an external portion (2, 52, 102, 202) arranged, in use, to extend out of the vaginal opening, the device being provided with tensioning means (15, 115, 17), external to the user in use of the device, the tensioning means being adapted to be secured to or mounted on the users body externally, or to or on the users clothing, and optionally securing means for securing or mounting the tensioning means to or on the users body externally, or to or on the users clothing, the arrangement being such that in use the internal portion is located in the vagina conforming to or contacting the anterior vaginal wall and the tensioning means is secured to or mounted on the users body externally or to or on the users clothing whereby the internal portion of the device is urged into or held in functional cooperation with the urethra. The device has a number of forms, one acts to provide a drain to an exterior reservoir, another acts to occlude the urethra and a third acts to hold the bladder in the correct location.</p> |
