07.31.17
William M. Zilm, Glenwood Springs, CO.
Assigned to Zilm-RhoMax Products, LLC, Fort Collins, CO.
Filed: 12/18/15
Issued: 4/25/17
An incontinence pad comprising: a base having an outer surface capable of being established proximate clothing of a user when said incontinence pad is worn by said user, with said base having a centerline; an absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor established above at least part of said base on at least a portion of said centerline, said absorbent filled, stiff-urethral compressor having a left and a right side, wherein said left side is filled with absorbent material, wherein said right side is filled with absorbent material, and wherein said left side and said right side have roughly equalized fill amounts of absorbent material, and wherein said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor has a height, shape, and stiffness configured to effect application of a targeted, localized pressure against a urethra of said user, said targeted, localized pressure sufficient to substantially block urine flow through said urethra so as to mitigate incontinence; an inner surface capable of being established adjacent tissue of said user when said incontinence pad is worn by said user; and an anterior end and a posterior end of said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor, said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor configured so that, when said incontinence pad is worn by said user, said posterior end can be established and terminates adjacent an intergluteal cleft of said user while at least a portion of said urethral compressor is established proximate a perineum of said user, wherein said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor is also small enough, in width in a coronal plane cross-section, to provide said targeted, localized pressure against said urethra when said incontinence pad is worn by said user.
Assigned to Zilm-RhoMax Products, LLC, Fort Collins, CO.
Filed: 12/18/15
Issued: 4/25/17
An incontinence pad comprising: a base having an outer surface capable of being established proximate clothing of a user when said incontinence pad is worn by said user, with said base having a centerline; an absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor established above at least part of said base on at least a portion of said centerline, said absorbent filled, stiff-urethral compressor having a left and a right side, wherein said left side is filled with absorbent material, wherein said right side is filled with absorbent material, and wherein said left side and said right side have roughly equalized fill amounts of absorbent material, and wherein said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor has a height, shape, and stiffness configured to effect application of a targeted, localized pressure against a urethra of said user, said targeted, localized pressure sufficient to substantially block urine flow through said urethra so as to mitigate incontinence; an inner surface capable of being established adjacent tissue of said user when said incontinence pad is worn by said user; and an anterior end and a posterior end of said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor, said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor configured so that, when said incontinence pad is worn by said user, said posterior end can be established and terminates adjacent an intergluteal cleft of said user while at least a portion of said urethral compressor is established proximate a perineum of said user, wherein said absorbent filled, stiff urethral compressor is also small enough, in width in a coronal plane cross-section, to provide said targeted, localized pressure against said urethra when said incontinence pad is worn by said user.