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65 -- TWO BELLOWS PERICUP PORTION OF FEMAILE URINARY INCONTINENCE SYSTEM (FUIS) DEVICE. SOL 95232SE1 PL DUE 100495 POC CHRISTINE CARLSON, Tel:713-483-3500 Contracting Officer:NANCY KENNAMER, Tel:713-483-8522 Two bellows pericup portion of a female urinary incontinence system (FUIS) to be used as the female interface for use with NASA's current Urine Collection Device (UCD). The new device shall provide for urine collection, volume measurement, sampling from female crew members in a microgravity environment for medical experiments requiring urine data. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered_by the agency. --1000 two bellows pericup portion of the FUIS device. --All deliverables shall be shipped to NASA, Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. --22. The proposed action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. --A comprehensive search was performed on potential suppliers of this device listed in the 1994 Medical Device Register, and no other company was located that had a device that can serve this function. Hollister, Inc. holds United States Patent Number 4,889,532 on the Female Urinary Incontinence Device with Forwardly-Directed Discharge Passage and Support Surface Portions. The device has been evaluated on the KC-135 to simulate use in a microgravity environment, and is the only device available determined to function under such conditions. (0261)

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