Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
604385170 | Intravaginal | 54 |
20080200895 | Tampon having three-dimensional apertured overwrap - Tampons having a three-dimensional apertured overwrap. The tampons can include a compressed absorbent member having an inner region and an exterior surface. The compressed absorbant member has one or more absorbent materials. A fluid pervious overwrap covers at least a portion of the exterior surface of the compressed absorbent member. The fluid pervious material of the overwrap is a nonwoven material having three-dimensional apertures therein. A process for making a tampon is also provided. | 08-21-2008 |
20090082748 | SINGLE STAGE TAMPON MOLDING - A method for making a tampon including providing a tampon pledget, and providing a compression/stabilization mold. The method includes moving the tampon pledget into the compression/stabilization mold via a transfer member, wherein the compression/stabilization mold is in an open position, and laterally compressing the tampon pledget in the compression/stabilization mold by closing the compression/stabilization mold to form a stabilized tampon. An apparatus for making a tampon and a tampon made by the method are also disclosed. | 03-26-2009 |
20090171310 | Fluid Management Device with Fluid Transport Element for use within a Body - A fluid management device for use in a mammalian body has at least one fluid transport element capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit. The fluid conduit provides a fluid path between at least one fluid transport element and the storage element. A distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element, and the at least one fluid transport element has a Wing Stiffness of less than about 10 g | 07-02-2009 |
20090177175 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED STABILIZATION OF A TAMPON - A method is provided for stabilizing a tampon. The method includes providing a pledget having a moisture content and including one or more metallic cation salts, compressing the pledget to produce a tampon, and applying microwave radiation to the tampon for a time sufficient to stabilize the tampon. The time to stabilize a tampon can be reduced by at least about | 07-09-2009 |
20110054433 | WEB FOR RETENTION OF INTERNAL BODILY SECRETIONS - A flexible retention web designed to be introduced into a vaginal cavity, said web being provided with means of removal and being made of a non-expandable or minimally expandable atraumatic material, the dimensions of which are designed in such a way as to be able to retain and/or slow down bodily discharges of small quantity. | 03-03-2011 |
20110077612 | TAMPON PLEDGET FOR INCREASED BYPASS LEAKAGE PROTECTION - There is provided a tampon pledget that includes one or more enhanced features that result in the pledget exhibiting increased bypass leakage prevention. These enhanced features may include, but are not limited to, geometry, absorption, and any combinations thereof. There is also provided one or more methods for constructing a tampon pledget having increased bypass leakage protection. | 03-31-2011 |
20110230854 | TAMPON WITH A PERFORATED OUTER COVER - A tampon is described which includes an elongated absorbent core and an outer cover. The tampon can include an elongated absorbent core, an upper insertion end, a lower withdrawal end, and an outer cover. The outer cover has a multiplicity of perforations. The degree of perforation in an upper cylindrical segment of said outer cover is larger than the degree of perforation of a lower cylindrical segment of said outer cover. The upper cylindrical segment is located in the upper part of said outer cover. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238028 | TAMPON WITH MODIFIED CONSTRICTED WITHDRAWAL END - A tampon is described which includes a generally elongated body. The elongated body includes an insertion end, a withdrawal end and a central portion extending therebetween. The withdrawal end is constricted. The constricted withdrawal end includes one or more radially pressed grooves. | 09-29-2011 |
20110301562 | METHOD OF USING AN INTRAVAGINAL DEVICE WITH FLUID TRANSPORT PLATES - A method of capturing bodily fluid intravaginally providing an intravaginal device that has a fluid storage element having a longitudinal axis and is in fluid communication with at least one fluid transport element. The method involves providing at least one fluid transport element that is bendable about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluid storage element and positioned within a human vagina. | 12-08-2011 |
20110313386 | ABSORBER FOR TAMPON - An absorber for a tampon, which is generated by compressing and molding a laminate member | 12-22-2011 |
20120101467 | TAMPON AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A tampon that has an absorbent body that absorbs a bodily fluid and that is to be inserted into a body cavity along a central axis of the absorbent body, wherein a leading end part in an inserting direction of the absorbent body includes a recessed part including a position of the central axis. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109094 | INTRAVAGINAL DEVICE WITH FLUID TRANSPORT PLATES AND METHODS OF MAKING - An intravaginal device has a fluid storage element and at least one fluid transport element in fluid communication with the fluid storage element. The at least one fluid transport element has a first plate a second plate coupled to the first plate. The second plate is capable of separating from the first plate sufficiently to provide inter-plate capillary action. The at least one fluid transport element is bendable about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluid storage element. The fluid transport element may substantially envelop the fluid storage element, and it may be attached to the withdrawal end of the fluid storage element, on at least one longitudinal side of the fluid storage element, to itself proximate the withdrawal end of the fluid storage element, and/or to the withdrawal string. | 05-03-2012 |
20120184936 | Patterned Tampon - A tampon including a compressed pledget of absorbent material. The tampon has a body portion and a longitudinal axis, wherein the tampon includes at least one patterned impression with one or more design elements oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein at least one design element is formed by contact with at least one corresponding pattern including at least one lead in portion. An apparatus for making the tampon is also disclosed. | 07-19-2012 |
20120283684 | Tampon Absorbent - A tampon absorbent for insertion into a vaginal cavity is provided. The tampon absorbent includes a longitudinal direction and has an insertion end and a withdrawal end. The tampon absorbent includes a first absorbent material portion at the insertion end for capturing body fluid and demonstrating a first expansion capacity, and a second absorbent material portion at the withdrawal end for storing body fluid and demonstrating a second expansion capacity. The second absorbent material portion is partially wrapped around the first absorbent material portion in a direction transverse (perpendicular) to the longitudinal direction, at a bonding region, whereby the first absorbent material portion is bonded to the second absorbent material portion at the bonding region. | 11-08-2012 |
20130072892 | PATTERNED TAMPON - A tampon including a compressed pledget of absorbent material. The tampon has a body portion and a longitudinal axis, wherein the tampon includes at least one patterned impression with one or more design elements oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein at least one design element is formed by contact with at least one corresponding pattern including at least one lead in portion. An apparatus for making the tampon is also disclosed. | 03-21-2013 |
20130110074 | PRESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCINIG ABSORBENT ARTICLE | 05-02-2013 |
20130165891 | Tampon - A pledget for a tampon having improved leakage prevention of bodily fluid after the tampon is inserted in the vagina. The pledget has a contact member in communication with the absorbent core of the pledget. The contact member can have a contact element which can expand outward from the pledget upon contact with bodily fluid. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165892 | Fluid Management Device with Fluid Transport Element for use within a Body - A fluid management device for use in a mammalian body has at least one fluid transport element capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit. The fluid conduit provides a fluid path between at least one fluid transport element and the storage element. A distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element, and the at least one fluid transport element has a Wing Stiffness of less than about 10 g | 06-27-2013 |
20130165893 | TAMPON WITH FLEXIBLE PANELS - An intravaginal device has a fluid storage element having a longitudinal axis and is in fluid communication with at least one flexible panel. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165894 | TAMPON WITH FLEXIBLE PANELS - An intravaginal device has a fluid storage element having a longitudinal axis and is in fluid communication with at least one flexible panel. | 06-27-2013 |
20130172845 | Fluid Management Device with Fluid Transport Element for use within a Body - A fluid management device for use in a mammalian body has at least one fluid transport element capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit. The fluid conduit provides a fluid path between at least one fluid transport element and the storage element. A distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element, and the at least one fluid transport element has a Wing Stiffness of less than about 10 g | 07-04-2013 |
20130211364 | TAMPON WITH SEGMENTED GROOVES - An intravaginal tampon is formed of compressed material and has an outer surface, an insertion end, a withdrawal end, and a center portion formed between the insertion and withdrawal ends. The outer surface has at least two segmented grooves are formed therein, and each segmented groove is separated from and spaced at a distance from an adjacent segmented groove. Each segmented groove has at least one substantially longitudinal segment and at least one accumulator segment. The arrangement of the segments provides a pooling region to impede bodily fluid flow along the outer surface of the tampon. | 08-15-2013 |
20140005627 | Tampon | 01-02-2014 |
20140012221 | TAMPONS - The present invention provides a tampon adapted for use by women who experience high viscosity periods/clotted menstrual blood flow. The tampon has a body comprising an elongate mass of compressed absorbent material with a proximal end (end that is inserted first) and a distal end and wherein the proximal end/tip of the tampon is formed substantially enlarged having a greater lateral spread than the distal end of the tampon prior to wetting, and has at least one of a crater, concavity, void, open hollow, cleft or lateral crevices at the proximal end to capture and hold viscous/gelatinous menstrual fluid. | 01-09-2014 |
20140052090 | Fluid Management Device with Fluid Transport Element for use within a Body - A fluid management device for use in a mammalian body has at least one fluid transport element capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit. The fluid conduit provides a fluid path between at least one fluid transport element and the storage element. A distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element. | 02-20-2014 |
20140194847 | TAMPON WITH NONPERMEABLE CAP | 07-10-2014 |
20140276523 | Tampon Having Spirally Shaped Grooves - A tampon for feminine hygiene, having an insertion end, a recovery end, a recovery tape, and a longitudinal axis. The tampon is made of compressed fibrous material and has an outer surface that is at least partially provided with spirally shaped, pressed longitudinal grooves. The grooves define spirally shaped longitudinal ribs. Also disclosed is a method for producing the tampon. | 09-18-2014 |
20160100993 | TAMPON PLEDGET FOR INCREASED BYPASS LEAKAGE PROTECTION - There is provided a tampon pledget that includes one or more enhanced features that result in the pledget exhibiting increased bypass leakage prevention. These enhanced features may include, but are not limited to, geometry, absorption, and any combinations thereof. There is also provided one or more methods for constructing a tampon pledget having increased bypass leakage protection. | 04-14-2016 |
604385180 | Pulling string | 26 |
20080234650 | Anchor for nonabsorbant string of tampon - The invention is a modified withdrawal string for a tampon. The modified withdrawal string is nonabsorbant or monofilament string. The string has one or more anchor filaments at one or more locations along its length. Other attachments are a closed circumference at the end of the withdrawal string as well as a zigzag near the attachment end section of the string. The string can be textured nonabsorbant string. | 09-25-2008 |
20080262463 | Tampon having at least one physical discontinuity - A tampon having at least one physical discontinuity is provided. The physical discontinuity, or physical discontinuities, are located in the compressed absorbent member and may be made in the tampon pledget before the pledget is compressed into the absorbent member. The physical discontinuities partially isolate a portion, or portions, of the tampon from the rest of the tampon. The partial isolation of a portion of the tampon reduces the amount of menses absorbed by that portion, which could be transported to the rest of the tampon through wicking. The concentration of menses absorption in a portion allows that portion have a higher level of expansion than the rest of the tampon to prevent menses from leaking out of the vaginal opening. | 10-23-2008 |
20080262464 | Tampon and method and apparatus for making same - A tampon compressed with a compression having a major component in a widthwise direction may have a plurality of creases extending along its length from its surface and penetrating no deeper than about 20% of the width of the tampon. A method for making a tampon may comprise compressing an uncompressed pledget in a compression machine and feeding the compressed pledget with a compression member into a tampon mold having a mold cavity for receiving the compressed pledget, the compressed pledget thickness being no more that about 20% different than the uncompressed pledget thickness and the tampon mold having a mold cavity thickness no more than about 10% different than the thickness of the compressed pledget. An apparatus for making a tampon is also disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
20080275416 | Array of tampons having a visual indicator - An array of tampons having one or more benefit indicators. The array includes a first tampon having a first tampon body having an insertion end, a withdrawal end, and an outer surface. The first tampon further includes a first visually perceptible benefit indicator. The array also includes a second tampon having a second tampon body having an insertion end, a withdrawal end, and an outer surface. The second tampon also includes a second visually perceptible benefit indicator. | 11-06-2008 |
20080275417 | Tampon with patterned end and method and apparatus for making same - A tampon comprising a pledget of absorbent material has a patterned impression in at least one end comprising one or more design elements. A method for making a tampon comprises compressing at least one end of a compressed pledget to form a patterned impression in the at least one end comprising one or more design elements is also provided. An apparatus for making a tampon with patterned impression in at least one end of a tampon is also disclosed. | 11-06-2008 |
20080275418 | Tampon having a visual indicator and applicator for same - An applicator having a tampon disposed therein, the tampon including one or more benefit indicators. The applicator can include an insertion member, a grip portion, and a plunger. The tampon includes a tampon body having an insertion end, a withdrawal end, and an outer surface, and one or more visually perceptible benefit indicators. The one or more benefit indicators can be a first color and at least a portion of the applicator can be a second color. The first color and the second color can be coordinating and/or substantially matching. | 11-06-2008 |
20090036859 | Anthroprometrically expandable tampon pledget - A tampon pledget has an absorbent mass of material and a withdrawal string located at one end thereof. During use, the tampon pledget expands to take on a geometric configuration that approximates the shape of the vagina into which the tampon pledget is inserted. An anthroprometrically expandable tampon pledget has an absorbent mass of material that is defined by a first end having a first density, a second end having a second density, and a portion intermediate the first and second ends. The material expands at different rates upon being contacted by body fluids, thereby allowing the tampon pledget to conform to the shape of a vagina. A method of making an expandable tampon pledget includes the steps of providing an absorbent material, attaching a string thereto, and compressing the material into a cylindrical shape such that a density gradient is realized over a length of the compressed material. | 02-05-2009 |
20090281514 | TAMPON PLEDGET WITH IMPROVED BY-PASS LEAKAGE PROTECTION - A tampon has two pledgets or one pledget with an absorbent layer and a leak shield located therebetween. The pledgets or pledget with the absorbent layer and the leak shield are folded such that the leak shield covers a portion of the surface of at least one of the pledgets. Both pledgets or the one pledget with the absorbent layer have absorbencies that are each greater than an absorbency of the leak shield. In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises a fluid impervious or fluid repellent material(s). In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises of an absorbent or hydrophilic material. Yet in another embodiment, the leak shield comprises of multiple layers of materials that are hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or a combination thereof. A method of fabricating a tampon includes forming a pledget, combining a fluid-impervious polymer material with an absorbent material to define a polymer laminate, ramming the pledget and the laminate into an oven tube, and stitching the laminate to the pledget. | 11-12-2009 |
20100114054 | TAMPON AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING A TAMPON - A tampon is proposed, with an insertion end and a rear end, made from a pressed absorbent strip ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100121301 | Method of using intravaginal device with fluid transport plates - A method of capturing bodily fluid in a mammalian body includes inserting the fluid management device into the mammalian body and transporting bodily fluid. The bodily fluid is transferred via at least one fluid transport element that is capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit. The fluid conduit provides a fluid path between at least one fluid transport element and the storage element. A distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element. | 05-13-2010 |
20100174262 | TAMPON - It is intended to provide a tampon wherein a string-shaped member is bonded to a cylindrical absorbent in the state of not being exposed on the absorbent surface. A tampon comprising an absorbent ( | 07-08-2010 |
20110092940 | TAMPON WITH SEGMENTED GROOVES - An intravaginal tampon is formed of compressed material and has an outer surface, an insertion end, a withdrawal end, and a center portion formed between the insertion and withdrawal ends. The outer surface has at least two segmented grooves are formed therein, and each segmented groove is separated from and spaced at a distance from an adjacent segmented groove. Each segmented groove has at least one substantially longitudinal segment and at least one accumulator segment. The arrangement of the segments provides a pooling region to impede bodily fluid flow along the outer surface of the tampon. | 04-21-2011 |
20120089111 | MENSTRUAL TAMPON - The disclosure concerns a compressed menstrual tampon including an elongated generally rod-shaped absorption body having an insertion end and a withdrawal end and having a withdrawal string extending from the withdrawal end. The absorption body has at least one wave-shaped compression line extending continuously from the insertion end to the withdrawal end. | 04-12-2012 |
20120109095 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR FASTENING A THREAD TO A TAMPON - A method for fastening a thread ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120130335 | Hygienic Tampon, Optionally A Digital Or Applicator Tampon, As Well As Apparatus And Method For Manufacturing Thereof - Hygienic tampon ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120197230 | SANITARY PRODUCT - A sanitary product for use by women for the absorption of menstrual fluid has a plug and a pad joined by a sheath. The plug is substantially cylindrical so that it fits comfortably in a vaginal cavity. The pad remains outside the vaginal cavity, but has an absorbent layer on an inward side proximal to the plug and a liquid impermeable layer on an outward side. The sheath includes a tube of absorbent material for drawing excess menstrual fluid from the plug to the pad and has a layer of liquid impermeable material on its inside surface. It extends from an outward end of the plug, proximal to the pad, both to and through the pad. In use, a wearer can insert a finger into the sheath from the outward side of the pad to assist with insertion of the plug into the vaginal cavity. | 08-02-2012 |
20120283685 | Integrated Tampon and Method for Making - A method of integrating a tampon includes providing an absorbent blank having a longitudinal centerline and compressing the absorbent blank in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline to form a pledget having a compressed diameter. The method also includes penetrating the pledget in the perpendicular direction to a compressed depth of at least 20% of the compressed diameter to form a discrete indentation. | 11-08-2012 |
20130131624 | ASSEMBLY FOR TAKING UP MENSTRUAL FLUID - The invention relates to an assembly for taking up menstrual fluid. The assembly comprises a fluid absorbing module and a cord of which a first end is connected to the fluid absorbing module and of which a second end is free. The cord further comprises a string and a covering with an open and a closed end which, before use of the assembly, substantially surrounds the string. The closed end of the covering is fixed to the string adjacent the first end of the cord. | 05-23-2013 |
20130231626 | LOOPON TAMPON - An improved tampon | 09-05-2013 |
20130261588 | FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT - A feminine hygiene product including a tampon, an absorbent pad, and a string connecting the tampon to the absorbent pad is disclosed. The string can include at least one breakable section, or the string may releasably affixed to the absorbent pad. The tampon and/or the absorbent pad can be formed from cotton, rayon, or a cotton-rayon mixture. The feminine hygiene product can further include an applicator sized to accommodate the tampon and the absorbent pad, and to facilitate deployment of the same. | 10-03-2013 |
20140088539 | TAMPON WITH PENETRATING GROOVE SEGMENTS - The present invention relates to an intravaginal tampon for feminine hygiene. In particular, it relates to methods for producing such a tampon having relatively deep, penetrating grooves in which adjacent penetrating jaws pass through the same tampon press space during manufacture and to an apparatus useful in making such a tampon as well as the tampons made therewith. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088540 | TAMPON WITH EXTENDED GROOVE FORMS - The present invention relates to an intravaginal tampon for feminine hygiene includes a generally cylindrical absorbent pledget and a withdrawal element operatively connected to the generally cylindrical pledget proximate to the withdrawal end thereof. The absorbent pledget includes a mass of fibers compressed into a self sustaining shape and a sheet-like fluid-permeable cover substantially enclosing the mass of fibers. The absorbent pledget has formed thereon or therein a plurality of detached groove forms. At least two of said detached groove forms each has a length, measured along the groove, that is at least 150% of the length of the pledget; each has a major axis having a generally longitudinal orientation; and each has a turn proximate to at least one of the insertion end and the withdrawal end. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088541 | TAMPON WITH CONTINUOUS GROOVE FORMS - The present invention relates to an intravaginal tampon for feminine hygiene includes a generally cylindrical absorbent pledget and a withdrawal element operatively connected to the generally cylindrical pledget proximate to the withdrawal end thereof. The absorbent pledget includes a mass of fibers compressed into a self sustaining shape and a sheet-like fluid-permeable cover substantially enclosing the mass of fibers. The absorbent pledget has formed thereon or therein at least one continuous groove form comprising a plurality of substantially longitudinal groove segments linked only to form a turn located alternatively proximate the insertion end and withdrawal end and wherein the continuous groove form extends around at least 180° about the circumference of the generally cylindrical absorbent pledget. | 03-27-2014 |
20140200541 | SANITARY PRODUCT - This invention relates to a sanitary product for use by women for the absorption of menstrual fluid and such like. The product comprises a plug and a pad joined by a sheath. The plug is substantially cylindrical so that is fits comfortably in a vaginal cavity. The pad remains outside the vaginal cavity, but has an absorbent layer on an inward side proximal to the plug and a liquid impermeable layer on an outward side. In use, a wearer can insert a finger into the sheath from the outward side of the pad assist with insertion of the plug into the vaginal cavity. A string is provided that extends inside the sheath from the outward end of the plug to aid removal of the product. A line of weakness extends along the major axis of the pad, about which the pad is disposed to fold in use. This encourages the pad to fold around the plug to accommodate the plug during removal of the product, thus improving hygiene. | 07-17-2014 |
20160015572 | TAMPON AND METHOD OF MAKING - A tampon has a pair of longitudinally extending side edges and an absorbent member. The absorbent member has an insertion area, a withdrawal area, and an intermediate area between the insertion area and the withdrawal area and an attachment area. The absorbent material has a plurality of fiber integrated nonwoven layers but are without fiber integration adjacent layers outboard of the attachment area. A withdrawal line extends from the withdrawal area and is attached to the absorbent member in the attachment area such that each of the plurality of absorbent layers is attached to an adjacent nonwoven layer in the attachment area. | 01-21-2016 |
20190142651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEARING OFF AND ROLLING UP A STRIP OF ABSORBENT FIBER SHEET | 05-16-2019 |