US Patent Issued to The University of Toledo on July 7 for "Combined pessary and menstrual cup" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,979, issued on July 7, was assigned to The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio).

"Combined pessary and menstrual cup" was invented by Lauren Coy (Toledo, Ohio), Joelle Gallais (Toledo, Ohio), Morgan Folley (Toledo, Ohio) and Tara Dobric (Toledo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined pessary and menstrual cup useful for a human needing a pessary during menstruation is described."

The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/234,006.

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