ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,031, issued on Sept. 8.

"Device for insertion into a vagina" was invented by Johannes Basson (Enfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is herein provided a device (200) for insertion into a vagina. The device comprises a cervical ring (202) configured to surround the cervix, a positioning portion (204) configured to abut against a securing position along an interior wall of the vagina and an elastically resilient connecting portion (206). The elastically resilient connecting portion connects the cervical ring and the positioning portion and the elastically resilient connecting portion is configured such that, when ...