Patents Assigned to Virginia Cleland
  • Patent number: 4846817
    Abstract: The invention provides a urinary device which can be used with comfort and safety when walking, as well as when sitting or reclining, and is characterized as comprising an externally applied support device, and a periurethral adapter which acts as an outflow tract or conduit, said device and adapter being interconnected so as to permit vertical or up and down adjustments of the adapter relative to the urinary meatus of the wearer and also permits in and out changes or adjustments in the position of the periurethral adapter, thus enabling the adapter to be positioned and maintained in contract with the urinary meatus. The periurethral adapter is characterized by a pair of laterally spaced flanges which lie between the labia minora, and in which the posterior vertically extending surfaces of the flanges which are received between the labia minora and engage the urinary meatus, are positioned to assist in preventing leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignees: Virginia Cleland, Barbara Pieper
    Inventors: Robert H. Mohr, Barbara Pieper