ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,234, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LiviWell Inc. (Pine Brook, N.J.).
"Vaginal fluid absorption and odor reduction" was invented by Michael Scott Ingber (Mendham, N.J.), Dan Seewald (Pine Brook, N.J.) and Julie Marie Moore (Milford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a shell including a proximal end and a distal end of the shell. The device also includes a plunger within the shell. The plunger can include a flexible stop at a proximal end of the plunger and a distal end. The device can further include an absorptive unit configured to absorb fluid within a vaginal cavity. The absorptive unit can be affixed to t...