Patents by Inventor Laurence Levine

Laurence Levine has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6183454
    Abstract: A urinary collection device for human females has a collecting basin with an oval inlet and a skirt around the outside of the oval inlet. A projection is provided from a short side of the oval inlet for insertion into the entrance to the vaginal opening to position the inlet about the urethral opening. A back of the collecting basin has a portion for receiving pressure to urge the inlet into a liquid tight seal against the user. The outlet of the collecting basin has a portion for connecting to a collecting tube which leads to a collecting reservoir. Some embodiments include a bellows between an outlet of the collecting basin and the portion for connection to the collecting tube. The bellows flexes to permit changes in angular orientation between the collecting basin and the collecting tube. An embodiment of the bellows may flex into a conical void within the back of the collecting basin to draw urine into the collection device upon unflexing, or expanding, of the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventors: Laurence Levine, Verne Anderson
  • Patent number: 4986823
    Abstract: A urinary device for human females includes a body of flexible material having a pair of first and second angularly related limbs for insertion into the vagina and a collector extending externally of the vagina with a central opening over the urethral meatus. A collection tube for guiding urine away from the body is attached to the collector. An applicator is provided for some embodiments, while other embodiments are shaped for manual insertion. Various shapes and angles of the body are shown as are different angles of the collection tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Inventors: Verne M. Anderson, Laurence A. Levine