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Incontinence device

  • US 5,513,659 A
  • Filed: 03/20/1995
  • Issued: 05/07/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for abating involuntary urine flow through an urethra extending from a pathogen-laden meatus to a bladder neck, said device comprising:

  • a plug sized to be inserted at least partially into said urethra by initial insertion of a distal end of said plug past said meatus and advancing said distal end toward said bladder neck to an inserted position with said plug in said inserted position abating said urine flow;

    a protective sleeve coupled to said plug and surrounding said distal end with said sleeve presenting a barrier to pathogen transfer from said meatus to said distal end upon said insertion of said distal end past said meatussaid sleeve sized to extend into said urethra a distance less than a distance of said distal end at said inserted position;

    said sleeve movable coupled to said plug for said sleeve to be moved to a fully inserted position while maintaining said sleeve surrounding said distal end and presenting said barrier to pathogen transfer and with said distal end advanced past said sleeve upon further insertion of said plug a distance into said urethra beyond said distance of insertion of said sleeve at said fully inserted positionwhereby said sleeve prevents pathogen transfer to said distal end and said sleeve is only partially inserted into said urethra a distance less than a distance of insertion of said plug to minimize a distance a pathogen transportation by said sleeve.

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