ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,344, issued on Feb. 11.
"Internal condom method and device" was invented by Craig F. Beyer (Boulder, Colo.) and Charles A. Patterson (Durango, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraurethral contraceptive device includes an insertion tool and a urethral sleeve inside the insertion tool. The urethral sleeve includes a balloon on an outer surface and a distal proximal end of the urethral sleeve, having an air lumen that extends to a distal end of the urethral sleeve. There is an inside reservoir at a distal end of the sleeve, configured to capture any fluid traveling from the proximal end to the distal end of the urethral sleeve....