PULL-ACTIVATED TAMPON APPLICATOR

• Main Authors: JOHNSTON, Angela, Ann, FREIBURGER, Sarah, Jane Marie, VOLLMER, Adam, Patrick, LEE, Judy, May, KRUEGER, Allan, James, SINCLAIR, Rebecca, Jeanine, LOYD, Adrienne, Rae, FIELDS, Betsy, Charlotte, BOYLE, Dennis, J, WINKEL, Paula, Cardinahl, ARENDT, Jonathan, Kyle, THOMPSON, Pamela, Mary, WOLTMAN, Garry, Roland, WEIHER, Marcus, David, SCHERRER, Lukas, Martin, BARAD, Vivian, Kate
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.07.2019
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PROSTHESES; PULP COMPOSITIONS; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A pull-activated applicator includes a barrel, a pledget, a finger grip, and a deployment element. The pledget includes a withdrawal string and is located within the barrel. The barrel, the pledget, and the deployment element are configured such that application of a force to the deployment element in a first direction deploys the pledget and withdrawal string from the barrel in a second direction generally opposite the first direction.