In-vitro measurement of catamenial tampon systems

US8166834B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Playtex Products, LLC · US

Inventors

• Eugene Dougherty · Dover, US
• Keith Edgett · Middletown, US
• Scott Salmon · Hoboken, US
• Mario Turchi · Tenafly, US
• Phillip Ebert · Dover, US
• Robert Jorgensen · Middletown, US
• Steven O. Bordley · Dover, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2007
• Grant date: May 1, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/5608
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for testing of medical products such as a feminine hygiene product, is presented. The apparatus includes a body, a pump and a vaginal canal assembly. The body includes an internal chamber and a bottom surface having a bore open to the internal chamber. The pump provides a fluid to the body. In one embodiment, the fluid is a menses simulant. The vaginal canal assembly includes an interior canal accepting the product. The vaginal canal assembly includes a passage providing the fluid to the interior canal. The apparatus includes a pressure regulator controlling pressure exerted on the vaginal canal assembly from a volume of air within the internal chamber. The apparatus includes a stand. The stand includes a retaining device and a locking device. The locking device cooperates with the retaining device to selectively secure the body in at least one of a rotational position and an angular position.