Tampon comprising a plurality of strips or cords

US8708989B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Ryo Minoguchi · Cincinnati, US
• John Lawrence Foley · Monroe, US
• Ricky Alan Pollard · Moscow, US
• David Joseph Caracci · Evendale, US
• Thomas Ward Osborn, III · Cincinnati, US
• Diana Lynne Gann · Lebanon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: May 25, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/34
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tampon that has a body including a first end, a second end, a center portion, a longitudinal axis and a radial axis. The body includes a plurality of cords or strips joined at the first end, the second end, the center portion or both the first and second ends. The plurality of strips and cords being selected from the group being selected from the group consisting of, films, woven materials, absorbent foams, superabsorbent polymers, and mixtures thereof.