ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,804, issued on May 12, was assigned to ECAREYOU INNOVATION S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).
"Menstrual cup with easy extraction system" was invented by Joan Garriga I Rodo (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Menstrual cup with an easy extraction system that includes a longitudinal slit (4) on the external lateral side of the receptacle (2) so that, when the lower thread-like shaped extension (3) is pulled, the wall of the receptacle (2) where the slit (4) appears is deformed and generates an air channel that communicates the lower part of the cup with the upper part of the cup breaking thus the vacuum produced by the cup once it ...