US 6,981,505 B2
Urological device for the incontinent male
William R. Krause, 820 Gilliams Mountain Rd., Charlottesville, Va. 22903 (US); and Dale Chadwick, 101 Inglewood Ct., Charlottesville, Va. 22901 (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/76,784.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/268298, filed on Feb. 13, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2002/0111640 A1, Aug. 15, 2002
Int. Cl. A61F 5/48 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 128—885 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device used to control male incontinence having:
a.) An upper clamping bar, said upper clamping bar having an interior side and an exterior side, a first hinge end, a closure receiving end and a U-shaped central section connecting said first hinge end and said closure receiving end;
b.) a lower rigid member, said lower rigid member having an interior side and an exterior side, a second hinge end, said second hinge end interacting with said first hinge end, a closure end, said closure end having a closure assembly attachment area, and a central section connecting said second hinge end and said closure end, said interior side of said central section having a protrusion located at approximately a center point of said interior side of said central section;
c.) an adjustable spring biased post closure assembly, said post closure assembly being rotatably attached to said closure assembly attachment area at a distal end and having a stop at a proximal end and a spring biased gripping member between said distal end and said proximal end, said closure assembly interacting with said closure receiving end to maintain said closure receiving end proximate said closure assembly attachment area in a closed position.