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Female urinary incontinence device

  • US 5,976,068 A
  • Filed: 03/23/1998
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A female urinary incontinence device to be placed in a patient'"'"'s urinary tract, comprising:

  • a hollow plastic tube having an open proximal end and an open distal end;

    an expandable member adjacent said proximal end for maintaining said device within the patient'"'"'s bladder; and

    ,an accordion type valve having a plurality of pleats and a valve passage and being disposed adjacent said distal end for controlling flow of urine from the patient'"'"'s bladder through said valve passage, said valve being normally closed to prevent a flow of urine and manually opened to allow the flow of urine, said valve forming a plurality of seals in said valve passage when said valve is in a closed position.

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