US Patent Issued to Menstrual Mates on July 8 for "Menstrual collection device, applicator and a method of inserting a menstrual collection device with an applicator" (Indiana, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,189, issued on July 8, was assigned to Menstrual Mates Inc. (Lewes, Del.).

"Menstrual collection device, applicator and a method of inserting a menstrual collection device with an applicator" was invented by Cynthia Belardo (West Lafayette, Ind.), Drew Jarvis (Bloomington, Ind.), Benjamin Ettinger (Evergreen, Colo.), Sean Kleinschmidt (Carmel, Ind.) and Grant Chapman (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A menstrual collection device, an applicator and a method of inserting a menstrual collection device within a vaginal canal. The menstrual collection device includes ribs and thin-walled panels or membranes that are recessed fr...