US Patent Issued to Cleva on July 7 for "Menstrual receptacle applicator and method of inserting a menstrual receptacle" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,978, issued on July 7, was assigned to Cleva LLC (Des Moines, Iowa).

"Menstrual receptacle applicator and method of inserting a menstrual receptacle" was invented by Christine Tran (Des Moines, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a menstrual receptacle applicator. The applicator includes a hollow cylindrical main body defining an open proximal end and an open distal end, the main body having an inner diameter of 16 millimeters (mm) to 30 mm at the proximal end and configured to house at least a portion of a menstrual receptacle. The menstrual receptacle applicator further comprises a push rod dimensione...