Exercise device

Abstract

An exercise device for strengthening the pelvic muscles of a patient including a hollow body member, a stud fastening the body member to an end cap to close the interior of the body member, and a plurality of weights removably mounted to the stud to permit the device to have different weights to provide the necessary exercise for different patients and for varying the weight of the device as the pelvic muscles of the patient strengthen.

1 . A device for insertion into the vagina of a patient to strengthen the patient's pelvic muscles, said device comprising:
 a hollow body and an end cap, the body portion having an interior portion;   a stud extending into said hollow body and removably attaching said end cap to said hollow body;   a plurality of weights including an outermost weight carried by said stud, each weight weighing substantially the same;   a spring around a portion of the stud having a length such that one end engages the interior portion of the body and the other end engages the outermost weight; and   a central opening with slits in the body which permits the stud with the weights and the spring to pass through the opening and into the interior portion of the body   
   
   
       2 - 4 . (canceled)