Most patented inventions do not come from large companies, scientist or engineers. Good ideas come from people just like you. People, who have seen a need, had an idea on how how to do things better and the courage to follow through. Below is an example: A nurse in Florida with over thirty years in nursing saw a need for a better bedpan for females, had an idea how to make one better and followed through;

Evelyn korjack, Homosassa Florida "Over those years, I have seen countless "doo-dads" introduced to the cath lab. (Just how many non-reimbursable closure devices do we need, anyway?) The companies and their vendors spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and hours convincing us why we need their new doo-dad. But we cath lab nurses are still subjecting our female patients to pans designed 30 years ago that cause urine to run up their backs. Or, worse yet, we insert urinary catheters for convenience. (Admit it, we are all guilty.) It is definitely time for a bedpan upgrade for female urination. It is time to stop wasting time and energy lifting and turning and changing the linens. After being politely (and sometimes impolitely) rejected by bedpan manufacturers and other companies who make health care products, I became quite passionate about getting someone to make us a product that works. I was unsuccessful. They told me, "There is nothing wrong with the fracture pan, we sell millions of them," or, "No one's ever complained before," and my favorite, "The profit isn't worth the research and development." R&D for a bedpan? When they did the original R&D, did they somehow miss the fact that the pans spill every time? (The fracture pan only holds 250 mls on a tilt.) The bedpan has been in use for bed patients for over 100 years. It is not even considered a medical device. It doesn't require FDA approval. R&D for a bedpan? No wonder our health care dollars are in jeopardy! This "who cares" attitude exhibited by company naysayers just spurred me on. I freaked out my husband by designing and manufacturing my own bedpan. The design got a patent, my husband got a garage full of bedpans, and my co-workers and I don't have to use fracture pans anymore. In fact, we haven't used fracture pans for two years now."

Evelyn had the courage to find funding, select a manufactuer, start a company and market her invention herself though her web site " Urinevac Dot Com"