Intra-vaginal devices and methods for treating fecal incontinence
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1. An intravaginal device for the control of stool passage of a female user, the device comprising:
- an intravaginal stabilizing body extending in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the stabilizing body having a laterally narrower portion and a laterally wider portion along a length of the stabilizing body; and
an expandable member supported by the stabilizing body in a manner such that a greatest lateral extent of the expandable member is positioned along the laterally narrower portion of the stabilizing body, the expandable member having an expanded state and a retracted state,wherein the stabilizing body is sized and configured to fit entirely within a vaginal cavity of the user with the longitudinal extent of the stabilizing body extending substantially along a length of the vaginal cavity to hold the expandable member in contact with the user'"'"'s recto-vaginal septum to control the passage of stool through a rectum of the user.
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Abstract
Devices and methods for intra-vaginal bowel control.
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1. An intravaginal device for the control of stool passage of a female user, the device comprising:
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an intravaginal stabilizing body extending in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the stabilizing body having a laterally narrower portion and a laterally wider portion along a length of the stabilizing body; and an expandable member supported by the stabilizing body in a manner such that a greatest lateral extent of the expandable member is positioned along the laterally narrower portion of the stabilizing body, the expandable member having an expanded state and a retracted state, wherein the stabilizing body is sized and configured to fit entirely within a vaginal cavity of the user with the longitudinal extent of the stabilizing body extending substantially along a length of the vaginal cavity to hold the expandable member in contact with the user'"'"'s recto-vaginal septum to control the passage of stool through a rectum of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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