US 12,213,701 B2
Externally applied intrapartum support device
David D. Blurton, Whiteville, TN (US); and Mark Buchanan, Atoka, TN (US)
Assigned to Stetrix, Inc., Bartlett, TN (US)
Filed by Stetrix, Inc., Bartlett, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,203.
Application 18/058,203 is a continuation of application No. 17/542,012, filed on Dec. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,510,699.
Application 17/542,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/148,732, filed on Oct. 1, 2018, granted, now 11,389,197, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Application 16/148,732 is a continuation of application No. 14/817,959, filed on Aug. 4, 2015, granted, now 10,085,770, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/086,634, filed on Dec. 2, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/033,038, filed on Aug. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157726 A1, May 25, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/42 (2013.01) [A61B 2090/065 (2016.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-invasive intrapartum pelvic floor support device for use on a patient, comprising:
a central support element sized and configured to fit within a gluteal cleft of the patient, the central support element comprising a contact surface configured and dimensioned to extend across an anal orifice of the patient in a sagittal plane of the patient from an anterior portion posterior to a vaginal opening of the patient to a posterior portion posterior to the anal orifice of the patient;
a first flexibly deformable compression element extending from the central support element in a first lateral direction to a first distal end, the first flexibly deformable compression element comprising a first surface configured to face and flexibly conform to a curvature of a first buttock to a location toward its crown within the gluteal cleft of the patient when applied to the patient;
and a second flexibly deformable compression element extending from the central support element in a second lateral direction to a second distal end, the second flexibly deformable compression element comprising a second surface configured to face and flexibly conform to a curvature of a second buttock to a location toward its crown within the gluteal cleft of the patient when applied to the patient, wherein the first and second flexibly deformable compression elements are integrally formed as a one piece device with the central support element; and
a first fastening member on the first surface of the first flexibly deformable compression element disposed only between the first distal end and the contact surface, and a second fastening member on the second surface of the second flexibly deformable compression element disposed only between the second distal end and the contact surface.