US Patent Issued to Novva Biosolutions on June 2 for "Collapsible menses collecting apparatus" (Maryland, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,690, issued on June 2, was assigned to Novva Biosolutions LLC (Baltimore).

"Collapsible menses collecting apparatus" was invented by Danielle Nicklas (Baltimore), Alexis Lynn Lowe (Baltimore), Andrew Mark Masteller (Quincy, Mass.) and Clarissa Chenhui Ren (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A menses collecting apparatus includes a basin and a closure. The basin may transition between a collapsed or folded state prior to insertion by a user and an expanded or unfolded state after insertion by the user. The menses collecting apparatus may be collapsible/closed radially prior to insertion by the user, and may collect menses in the ...