SUBSTANTIALLY SERPENTINE SHAPED TAMPON WITH VARYING DENSITY REGIONS

• Main Author: ALMOND, NANDA, CHRISTINE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 26.05.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A shaped tampon with a substantially serpentine outer surface is provided. The tampon has a longitudinal centerline and a cross-sectional area defined, orthogonal to the centerline and a mass of absorbent material formed into a self-sustaining shape. The tampon has an insertion end region; a withdra...