Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F6/00—Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor
  • A61F6/06—Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor for use by females
  • A61F6/065—Condom-like devices worn by females
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F6/00—Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor
  • A61F6/02—Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor for use by males
  • A61F6/04—Condoms, sheaths or the like, e.g. combined with devices protecting against contagion
  • A61F2006/041—Condoms, sheaths or the like, e.g. combined with devices protecting against contagion combined with a protective garment, e.g. underpants or mask
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F6/00—Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor
  • A61F6/02—Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor for use by males
  • A61F6/04—Condoms, sheaths or the like, e.g. combined with devices protecting against contagion
  • A61F2006/047—Condoms, sheaths or the like, e.g. combined with devices protecting against contagion with holding means

Definitions

• Hygiene protection device to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases
• the invention relates to a hygiene protection device of the type shown in the characterizing part of claim 1.
• the purpose of the protective device is to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases, in particular the viral disease AIDS, which leads to the deactivation of the immune system, by preventing the transmission of body fluids, in particular in the case of sexual contact between men and women.
• the disease is spread from one infected person to another, in addition to the possible indirect transmission, for example through the use of blood in blood transfusions, from donors who are not recognized as carriers of the virus, or if syringes are used by drug addicts who have previously come into contact with the blood of infected people and who have not been disinfected, mainly in the case of contacts that arise between people during sexual intercourse.
• the body fluids blood, sperm, vaginal secretions and limited saliva serve as a means of transport for the viruses, which thus e.g. get into the body and the bloodstream through minor injuries in the area of the body cavities or the adjoining skin areas and via the sperm intake in the woman.
• the effect that is to be achieved with such condoms consists in preventing contact in the area of the vaginal mucous membranes, as well as in preventing sperm leakage and possible fertilization of the woman.
• pessaries In order to give the female sexual partner the possibility of protection to be determined and applied by himself, medical technology has already created so-called pessaries. Their form of interest is the occlusive pessaries. These block the entry of sperm into the uterus, but in addition to the difficulty of placing in the cervix, which should be done by a doctor, they have the disadvantage that they do not provide protection against bacteria or viral infections in the rest of the vaginal area, if not the male partner used a condom.
• the object is achieved with the protective device described in the characterizing part of claim 1.
• the advantages that can be achieved with the invention, in addition to the possible individual use of the protection to be determined individually by the woman, are that the hollow molded part used to cover the vaginal walls is a relatively freely dimensionable material and shape oversize compared to the fit of condoms can be given. This excludes the overvoltage stress that occurs with condoms and the sometimes associated bursting of the wafer-thin material used for their manufacture.
• the hollow molded part at least in its part touching the vaginal cavity, is made of thin-film quality material designed and / or elastically deformable in such a way that it is suitable flexibly adjusts possible changes in the shape of the vagina during muscle and / or body part movements or with penetration effects from the outside through the vagina and hollow part opening and that it is held in the possible positions by means of an edge design by means of a firmer but also flexible and elastic material in such a way that the outer parts of the vaginal area are also protected against the penetration of body fluids by possible skin injuries.
• the invention provides a two-fold securing option in that the hollow molded part has a widening by means of a supporting part which adjoins its opening edge and which extends outwards via the vaginal lips, to which one or more fastening means can be attached to establish a connection to the body and / or is the support part made of elastically flexible material in the shape of a groove profile so that with its groove legs the lip parts in the vaginal border area and the support part is held flexibly in its given position by means of its shape and the material used.
• FIG. 1 shows a vertical section through the pelvic region of the female body with the hollow molded part inserted into the vagina and the surface and / or profile edge and support part of the protective device forming a unit therewith,
• FIG. 2 shows the arrangement of the protective device according to FIG. 1 in its position in the pelvic area, in a perspective top view
• Fig. 3 shows the situation of the protective device after insertion of the penis in its hollow molded part
• Fig. 4 is a perspective side view of the protective device as a whole in an embodiment in which it by the surface and / or profile edge part and the support member and its connection with the
• Body pool is stabilized in its position.
• FIG. 1 in combination with FIG. 4, shows the cervix 1, the vagina 2, the vagina opening 3, the labia area 4 with the clitoris 5, the anus area 6, the protective device 7 as a whole, which extends into the hollow body area 7a of the vagina 2 introduced hollow molded part 7b with the ring-like oval deformable profile formations 7c in the area of the labia 4, the profile form 8 in the area of the cervix 1, the profile form 9 in the area of the vaginal opening 3, the surface and / or profile edge and supporting part 10, which is continued over the area 7c of the labia 4 with the part 10a covering the upper part of the body contact area around the labia 4 and the clitoris 5, and the part 10b covering the lower part around the labia 4, the anus 6 and part of the adjoining parts of the body.
• FIG. 2 in combination with FIG. 4, shows the hollow molded part 7b in the region of the vaginal opening 3, with its oval-deformable ring-like profile design 7c in the region of the labia and the surface edge part 10 which is extended outward therefrom with the upper covering part 10a and the lower covering part 10b.
• 2 shows the upper carrying edge 11 and the lower surface edge part 12, each provided with a tunnel hem, an elastic carrying band 13 being pulled through the two tunnel hem edge parts 11 and 12 with which, when placed around the hips, the protective device is held in the position shown in FIG. 1.
• Fig. 3 shows the hollow molded part 7b in its position between the walls of the vagina 2 and the shaft 15 of the male genital organ 16.
• the figure further shows the profile formation 8 in the area of the cervix 1 and the profile formation 9 in the area of the vaginal opening 3, which with the profile formation 7c in the region of the labia 4 and the surface edge parts 10a and 10b help to keep the hollow molded part 7b in the position given to it or to return it to it.
• edge parts 10a and 10b covering the adjoining parts of the body serve to shield the sensitive areas around the labia 4, clitoris 5 and anus 6 in addition to the vaginal mucosa for the transmission of contagious diseases, in particular AIDS viruses during sexual intercourse.
• the protective area 10 in particular its surface edge parts, expands the protective area to the entire endangered zone of the female genital organs.
• Fig. 4 shows, as already mentioned in part, the hollow molded part 7b of the protective device 7 and the profile formations 8 and 9, the front and rear surface and profile edge parts 10a and 10b as well as the tunnel seams 11 and 12 with the support bands 13 and 14 on the surfaces - And edge parts, which are placed around the waist of the woman and thus secure the position of the protective device against the effects of movement.
• the side parts 10 can also be arranged on known male condoms.

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