Menstrual tampon

US4222381A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Molnlycke AB · SE

Inventors

• Leif U. R. Widlund · Mölnlycke, SE
• Kerstin A. H. Strandberg · Mölnlycke, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 1978
• Grant date: Sep 16, 1980
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S604/904
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a menstrual tampon comprising one or more webs 1, rolled up in several layers around each other, of moisture-absorbing material, a pull string 2 is anchored and extends out of the tampon. This string is laid around the web 1 in at least two consecutive loops which, with portions 6 running back and forth approximately longitudinally to the tampon, surround and are in contact with at least two opposite side edges 7,8 of the web 1 of absorbent material, and extend out of one end of the tampon. (FIG. 2).