109 results about "Male gender" patented technology

A method and system for determining the fall risk of a patient is provided. The method includes the evaluation of a patient to determine whether the patient exhibits one or more intrinsic fall risk factors selected from a group consisting of confusion, depression, altered elimination, dizziness, male gender, antiepileptic/anticonvulsant prescriptions and benzodiazepine prescriptions. A specific point value is assigned to each of the intrinsic risk factors found to be exhibited by the patient. A mobility test is also performed on the patient to evaluate the patient's ability to rise from a seated position, and a specific mobility test point value is assigned to the patient based upon the patient's performance of the mobility test. Each intrinsic risk factor's specific point value is then summed together with the specific mobility test point value to achieve a total risk score, and the patient's fall risk is determined based on the total risk score. An intervention process may be developed for the patient based on the patient's fall risk.

Following exposure to an external light source, determining: 1) the fertility of an avian egg by measuring the photon intensity (photons per second) of the egg's biophoton and luminescence; and 2) the gender of an avian egg by measuring the photon spectrum of the egg's biophoton emission and luminescence. The external light source is either an incandescent, fluorescent, LED, (pulsed or continuous wave) monochromatic or dichromatic laser light source. The detector of the photon intensity is either a low light sensing photomultiplier tube (PMT), silicon based photon counting sensor, or Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode detector. The detector of the photon spectrum is a spectrometer. Following exposure to the referenced light sources, fertile avian eggs will exhibit a higher intensity of photons than that of unfertilized avian eggs, and avian eggs of the female gender will emit a different spectrum of photons than will avian eggs of the male gender.

An improved device for male hygiene intended for collection of urine is described. An absorbent pad comprises a polymer that forms a gel upon contact with water, which is enclosed in a water-permeable, corrugated plastic pouch. The pouch is contained, optionally by adhesive, in a flexible stretchable water-impermeable sheath, which in use is placed over at least the glans of the penis. Because of the corrugations, the absorbent pad curls up into a cup shape when it swells upon absorption of urine, maintaining the device in a compact configuration for inconspicuous functioning. The absorbent pad may be supplied separately from the flexible sheath.

The present invention relates to a method and device for male contraception. In one aspect, the method and device provide temporal and reversible infertility of mammal males without suppressing spermatogenesis. In an aspect, a method of contraception for use with reproductive cells that pass through a tube in a body is described in which energy is applied through the tube wall to some of the reproductive cells that pass through the tube to reduce fertilization ability of the some of the reproductive cells. In another aspect, the device is adapted for use with reproductive cells that pass through a tube in a body, and includes an energy transmitter that delivers energy to the reproductive cells that pass through the tube in the body.

A male sexual aid is made of soft and elastomeric material such as rubber, silicone rubber, or latex. The device is composed of a hollow tube and two rings arranged on two lateral sides thereof. The hollow tube (tubular cone body) has only one opening for accommodating a micro-vibrator or LED capsule. The two rings include a testis ring and a penis ring. In usage, the two rings respectively embrace the base of the testis and penis in parallel or crosswise so that the erected penis extends and lasts longer. Moreover, the hollow tube holds tightly on the top of the base of the penis so that the device stimulates or vibrates the clitoris of females for increasing sexual pleasure during intercourse.

A male contraception implant for insertion into the vas deferens of a patient includes a tubular member having an internal bore for receiving a guide wire, a bulbous head portion for anchoring the implant and to facilitate its removal in a contraception reversal procedure, a flexible neck portion attached to the enlarged head portion, and a main body portion having three widened segments for occluding the vas deferens. An implantation tool includes an elastic C-shaped slotted ring for holding an externalized portion of the vas deferens during the delivery of the implant.

A male incontinency device for men is disclosed which is convenient, efficient, easy to wear, and which allows no leakage. The male incontinency device comprises a gasket having an elastomeric structure with a hole in the center which fits around the genitals, a gasket retainer which surrounds and secures the gasket, a modified pair of briefs to secure the retainer, and a urine collection bag having the ability to collect and store urine, wherein an opening of the urine collection bag is secured to and around one rim of the gasket retainer.

This invention relates to the field of contraception and to the control of venereal disease transmission, including AIDS and HIV infection. The invention is a method of making an improved condom which can be used by either a male or by a female partner and can be inserted into a sexual orifice without first rolling it over an erect penis.

A male sexual aid and a method for method for supporting a male sexual organ. An external splint is manufactured by forming a base adjacent to one end of a support and an introducer adjacent an opposing end of the support. The support may include a single support member or a plurality of support members. The base may be a ring structure through which a penis is inserted and the introducer may be a ring structure on which the glans penis is preferably positioned. The glans penis is elastically coupled to the external splint. In accordance with one embodiment, an elastic band having an orifice is coupled to the splint and the penis is inserted through the orifice so that a shoulder of the glans penis is adjacent the elastic band.

Methods for detecting urogenital conditions or urogenital status in a subject are described comprising measuring urogenital markers or polynucleotides encoding the markers in a sample from the subject. The invention also provides localization or imaging methods for urogenital conditions, and kits for carrying out the methods of the invention. The invention also contemplates therapeutic applications for urogenital conditions employing urogenital markers, polynucleotides encoding the markers, and/or binding agents for the markers.

Incontinence briefs having a resealable, substantially leak-proof and resealable flap in a front section thereof. The resealable flap opens from the bottom upwardly to provide access to a wearer's penis. The construction permits the wearer to comfortably urinate into a portable urinal without the necessity of removing the garment. The garment is particularly adapted for males. The construction of the resealable flap enables a wearer to urinate without bending the penis thereby enabling more complete emptying of the bladder. In addition, an expandable fluid-impermeable membrane on the lateral edges of the flap reduces leakage from the garment when the flap is closed. The briefs are suitable for males of all ages.

A sex aid, constructed and shaped in such a way as to comfortably prevent the penis from fully entering the vagina during sexual intercourse, thereby preventing the tip of the penis from impacting on the cervix and causing pain. The sex aid is designed to solve a specific problem relating to painful sexual intercourse between heterosexual couples when the man's penis is longer than average and or the woman's cervix is lower than average and/or the woman uses an inter-uterine device. The sex aid comprises a pad that rests between the man's and woman's pubis during sexual intercourse. There are two versions of the sex aid: one comprises a pad that is constructed as a ring that fits over the penis, the other comprises a pad that is incorporated into a pair of briefs and worn by the woman.