Tampon having an oval form after expansion and process for producing the same

US6953456B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Sybille Fuchs · Frankfurt, DE
• Samantha Price · Teddington, GB
• Uwe Hirsch · Griesheim, DE
• Veronique Marie-Josephine Kremer · Schwalbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2005
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

Digital tampons are disclosed which are capable of radially expanding into a non circular cross-sectional shape upon exposure to a wet environment, typically in use condition, so as to reduce bypass leakage. The inventions also relates to tampon blanks and a process of producing the tampons.