US 12,279,942 B2
Device for controlling fecal incontinence
Anthony J. Conway, Chatfield, MN (US); Sarah L. Grinde, Spring Grove, MN (US); Philip J. Conway, Chatfield, MN (US); and Adil Bharucha, Rochester, MN (US)
Assigned to MINNESOTA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, Stewartville, MN (US)
Filed by Minnesota Medical Technologies, Stewartville, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/352,114.
Application 18/352,114 is a continuation of application No. 17/183,185, filed on Feb. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,737,860.
Application 17/183,185 is a continuation of application No. 15/281,232, filed on Sep. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,959,822, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/239,397, filed on Oct. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008968 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0009 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fecal incontinence control device, comprising:
a body extending along an axis defined by the body from a top end of the body to a bottom end of the body, the body including:
an elastomeric skin defining a first portion that is bulbous and a second portion extending along the axis toward the bottom end of the body from a bottom end of the first portion to a bottom end of the second portion, the first portion and the second portion being in fluid communication with each other and containing a substance extending to the bottom end of the second portion; and
a grip extending from the bottom end of the second portion, the grip widening perpendicular to the axis as it extends from the bottom end of the second portion toward the bottom end of the body along the axis.