Dimensionally optimized menstrual fluid management device
US6923796B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F13/82
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a menstrual fluid management device that is attached directly to the wearer by use of an adhesive. The device allows for direct and immediate containment of menstrual and other vaginal discharges. In particular, the device improves the prevention of soiling over devices already known in the art by using an attachment flange around an orifice which has a shape of the generally oblong dimensions, where the width in the rear end of the orifice is wider than at the front end, thereby improving the circumscription of the female genitalia and the sealing along the flange to the skin of the wearer.
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