Patent ID: 9445882
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61H,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A vaginal device of an elastic material, said vaginal device comprising a longitudinal portion having a geometrical centre line, an upper end and a lower end and which vaginal device is intended to be inserted and securely fixated inside of a vagina, the upper end of the vaginal device being innermost in the vagina during use, to support against the urethra, through the vaginal wall, to prevent urinary stress incontinence in a woman, wherein the vaginal device comprises at least one supporting portion protruding from the longitudinal portion, said at least one supporting portion being intended to support against the urethra, through the vaginal wall, at a site located between close to a maximal urethral pressure point and the bladder neck, and wherein the vaginal device also comprises a reference member protruding from the longitudinal portion at the lower end and the protruding reference member has a non-tapered left protruding end and a tapered right protruding end and the tapered right protruding end protrudes further from the geometrical centre line than the non-tapered left protruding end, which reference member during use is adapted to be fixated against the vaginal introitus, wherein the tapered right protruding end is adapted to be fixated against the perineum, ensuring the vaginal device securely fixated inside of the vagina and ensuring said at least one supporting portion is adapted to support against the urethra, through the vaginal wall, at the site located between close to the maximal urethral pressure point and the bladder neck, and wherein the tapered right protruding end extends outward from the geometrical centre line further than the at least one supporting portion extends outward from the geometrical centre line.