Patent ID: 9603981
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A device, comprising: an elongate deformable portion extending along an axis; and, an interface portion positioned at an end of the elongate deformable portion along the axis, wherein the elongate deformable portion includes two longitudinally-oriented resilient structures that are positioned on one side of the elongate deformable portion and extend generally parallel to the axis and inwardly from a perimeter of the elongate deformable portion and wherein the perimeter of the elongate deformable portion generally describes an ellipse shape that is discontinuous for a portion of the perimeter that is between the two longitudinally-oriented resilient structures on the one side, and wherein a user can squeeze the elongate deformable portion into a manipulated configuration to reduce a volume of the device and the two longitudinally-oriented resilient structures bias the elongate deformable portion back to a resting configuration that expands the volume of the device.