Patent ID: 6773380
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise device receivable within a pelvic body cavity for exercising muscles of the pelvic floor, comprising:a longitudinally extending member having a longitudinal axis, a head portion, and a shaft portion; said shaft portion having a first end, a second end, and a bore therethrough, at least a portion of said shaft portion being compressible; said head portion having a first and a second end, said first end being blunt, and said head portion generally tapering from said second end of said head portion to said first end of said head portion, said head portion further comprising a rod attached to said second end of said head portion and extending outwardly therefrom, said rod being sized and configured such that when said head portion is inserted into said bore said second end of said head portion is juxtaposed with said first end of said shaft portion, said second end of said rod extends through said bore beyond said second end of said shaft portion, and said head portion being removable through said bore, when said member is inserted in a pelvic body cavity with the muscles of the pelvic floor at rest and said head portion removed, said shaft portion comprising an outwardly extending retaining slope formed on said first end of said shaft portion, said retaining slope being engageable with the retaining edge of the adjacent pelvic floor muscle platform; said second end of said shaft portion having an outwardly extending slope formed thereon, said slope being engageable with the tissue adjacent to the orifice into the pelvic body cavity when said member is inserted into a pelvic body cavity, preventing over insertion of the member.