Vaginal insert device having a support portion with plurality of struts

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9022919
APP PUB NO 20120165601A1
SERIAL NO

12977547

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A vaginal insert device including a support portion, a stabilizing portion, a removal device, and at least one fluid passageway extending though the support portion is disclosed. The vaginal insert relaxes in the vagina to deliver outward compression force against the bladder neck via the anterior vaginal wall to assist prevention of urinary stress incontinence. The substantially cylindrical support portion has a distal end, a proximal end, and a hollow interior section with a plurality of struts extending from the distal end to the proximal end. Desirably, the plurality of struts helically curve as the plurality of struts extend from the distal end to the proximal end. The largest circumference of the support portion has an insertion diameter when the plurality of struts are twisted together and an in-use diameter wherein the plurality of struts are extended outward into a convex position larger than the insertion diameter.

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KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC2300 WINCHESTER ROAD NEENAH WI 54956

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barad, Vivian Kate San Francisco, US 5 47
Bauer, Walter George Neenah, US 5 59
Boon, Jason Robert Appleton, US 21 155
Card, Tiffany Heather Los Altos Hills, US 2 13
Ellefson, Kimberly Louise Oshkosh, US 5 24
Houston, Jonah Lawrence San Jose, US 2 13
Kahn, Nicole Sarah San Francisco, US 3 43
Oberwelz, Elger San Francisco, US 86 1924
Romero, Gina Lynn Los Altos, US 10 69
Samolinski, Patricia Ann Winneconne, US 6 113
Schnitzer, Martin San Francisco, US 65 1000
Woltman, Garry Roland Appleton, US 50 1274
Yurchenco, James Rolfe Palo Alto, US 2 13
Zunker, MaryAnn Oshkosh, US 33 1831

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