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US 10,779,996 B2Granted
Vaginal insertion assembly
AssigneeV-Veil-Up-Pharma Limited
InventorBernard Chaffringeon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vaginal insertion assembly and methods of manufacturing it, which comprises a flexible retention web made by an atraumatic material intended to be introduced into the vaginal cavity with the aid of an applicator, said web comprising removal means and a shorter web flap F1 obtained by strangling the web in a site P, and being arranged into the applicator such that the web becomes more rigid and makes it less penetrable.
Claims12
A vaginal insertion assembly comprising:
- an at least partially hollow body applicator (A), having a grip portion (G) and a head portion (H) intended to be inserted into the vaginal cavity (V), said head portion (H) being hollow and ending with an open section (O)
- a flexible retention web (W) for insertion into the vaginal cavity of a user with the aid of said applicator (A), which web is made of an atraumatic material and is provided with means for removal (R), characterized in that
- the flexible retention web (W) is strangled at a site (P) along a transverse axis of the flexible retention web (W), thus defining a shorter web flap (F1) and a longer web flap (F2), the flexible retention web being strangled by at least one of welding, sewing, weaving, knotting, and/or adhesion,
- wherein the shorter web flap (F1) is at least partially housed within the head portion (H) of the applicator (A), with the site (P) oriented downwards, towards the grip portion (G), and with a free end (El) of the shorter web flap (F1) oriented upwards, and the longer web flap (F2) protrudes through the open section (0) and covers at least partially the body of the applicator, such that a central zone of the web remains outside the applicator.
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