09.11.24
Nicole James, Grass Valley, CA.
Assigned to Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ.
Filed: 6/26/18
Issued: 6/25/24
A method of using an incontinence system on a subject, the method comprising: providing a rear incontinence member comprising a rear absorbent region, a rear outer layer coupled to the rear absorbent region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region of the rear incontinence member; providing a front incontinence member comprising a front absorbent region, a front outer layer coupled to the front absorbent region, a front waist region, and a crotch region of the front incontinence member; providing a crotch fastener operable to releasably couple the front crotch region of the front incontinence member to the rear crotch region of the rear incontinence member; positioning the rear incontinence member on the subject so that the rear absorbent region is adjacent to a posterior of the subject and the rear waist region is substantially adjacent to hips of the subject with the rear crotch region positioned near or covering a transverse perineal muscle of the subject; positioning the front incontinence member on the subject so that the front absorbent region covers the urethra of the subject and the front waist region is substantially adjacent to the hips of the subject, wherein the rear crotch region overlaps the front crotch region with the overlapped portion of the front crotch region being between the rear crotch region and the subject; coupling together the front crotch region to the rear crotch region by using the crotch fastener; uncoupling the front crotch region from the rear crotch region; discarding the front incontinence member; and recoupling a new front incontinence member to the already positioned rear incontinence member.
Assigned to Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ.
Filed: 6/26/18
Issued: 6/25/24
A method of using an incontinence system on a subject, the method comprising: providing a rear incontinence member comprising a rear absorbent region, a rear outer layer coupled to the rear absorbent region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region of the rear incontinence member; providing a front incontinence member comprising a front absorbent region, a front outer layer coupled to the front absorbent region, a front waist region, and a crotch region of the front incontinence member; providing a crotch fastener operable to releasably couple the front crotch region of the front incontinence member to the rear crotch region of the rear incontinence member; positioning the rear incontinence member on the subject so that the rear absorbent region is adjacent to a posterior of the subject and the rear waist region is substantially adjacent to hips of the subject with the rear crotch region positioned near or covering a transverse perineal muscle of the subject; positioning the front incontinence member on the subject so that the front absorbent region covers the urethra of the subject and the front waist region is substantially adjacent to the hips of the subject, wherein the rear crotch region overlaps the front crotch region with the overlapped portion of the front crotch region being between the rear crotch region and the subject; coupling together the front crotch region to the rear crotch region by using the crotch fastener; uncoupling the front crotch region from the rear crotch region; discarding the front incontinence member; and recoupling a new front incontinence member to the already positioned rear incontinence member.
