Multipurpose, Reusable, Female Contraceptive Device That Enhances the Effectiveness of Fertility Awareness Methods and Controls Stress Incontinence

Abstract

Introduction: There is a significant deficiency in women's reproductive health needs:1) Lack of options of non-hormonal contraceptive methods.2) Fertility awareness method is the safest and yet it is rarely utilized.3) Women suffer from Stress Incontinence silently. Objectives:To provide women with one device that can be used for 1) Contraception by stopping sperm from entering the cervix, 2) To enhance the effectiveness of Fertility Awareness Methods by accurately detecting ovulation day and 3) Control Stress Urinary Incontinence by supporting the bladder neck. Materials and Methods:We selected the FDA approved FemCap contraceptive device to determine its utility to fulfill the three basic reproductive health needs for women. 1)The FemCap is a safe and effective, time tested, barrier contraceptive device.2) The FemCap can collect a large amount of fertile cervical mucous, that is not mixed with vaginal secretions.3) The use of currently available pessaries have significant limitations such as displacement, erosion or even ulceration and urethral obstruction. The FemCap shows marked similarity to the ring pessary with support. The Rim of the FemCap is similar in shape and function to the ring of the pessary that supports the bladder neck. The outward flaring brim restores the anatomy of the urethra and the vagina. The bowl of the FemCap supports the cervix and prevents it from descending, which is like the supported pessary. Results: 1) The FemCap is a well-established barrier contraceptive device. 2) It is also has proven in pilot studies to enhance the effectiveness of fertility awareness methods and 3) control stress incontinence. Conclusion:It would be ideal and cost effective for women to acquire one multipurpose reusable device that can be used for contraception to enhance fertility awareness and to control stress incontinence.

Smartphone Technology Paired with a Vaginal Conforming Cap to Enhance the Fertility Awareness Method for Modern Women

“…The control women used the subjective traditional detection of cervical mucus by inserting their finger into the vagina to examine the collected mucus for clarity and stretchability. Nineteen (19) Body Temperature charts were biphasic and consistent with the L.H. surge results.…”

“…Pairing the smartphone technology with the vaginal conforming cap created a new way to enhance fertility awareness method. Conclusions: Women are in desperate need of non-hormonal and non-invasive and self -employable birth control method.The synergy created by collecting the fertile cervical mucus by the vaginal conforming contraceptive device, (FemCap) in conjunction with smartphone allowed women for the first time to precisely pinpoint the ovulation time and thus enhancing the fertility awareness metho[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

Advances in Hormone-Free Contraceptive Devices

“…A woman using the FemCap for contraception reported to the first author that she noticed that on the days she wore the FemCap, for contraception, she did not suffer from incontinence. Consequently, she decided to wear the FemCap even when she did not need it for contraception [25][26][27]. This woman's observation led us to investigate a new usage for the FemCap as an SUI pessary (Figures 16-18).…”