US Patent Issued on Oct. 21 for "Vaginal discharge collection device, method of using the same, and packaging assembly thereof" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,068, issued on Oct. 21.

"Vaginal discharge collection device, method of using the same, and packaging assembly thereof" was invented by Holly D. Lindstrom (Sterling, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaginal discharge collection device includes a main body including an absorbent material and which is tapered from a front end to a rear end, a first vertical cross section of the front end being larger than a second vertical cross section of the rear end. The device further includes an external liquid barrier including a liquid-impermeable material, the external liquid barrier including a bottom liquid barrier and first and second la...