Vaginal fluid absorption and odor reduction

A device comprising:

• a shell including a proximal end and a distal end;
• a plunger within the shell, the plunger including a proximal end and a distal end,
• wherein the plunger comprises a flange at the proximal end of the plunger;
• and
• an absorptive unit configured to absorb semen within a vaginal cavity and located at the distal end of the plunger, the absorptive unit folded within the shell in a compressed state,
• wherein the absorptive unit comprises two or more absorptive elements,
• wherein the two or more absorptive elements each defines an original size prior to insertion into the shell,
• wherein distally advancing the plunger until the flange is proximate the proximal end of the shell automatically deploys the absorptive unit from the shell,
• wherein responsive to automatic deployment of the absorptive unit from the shell, the absorptive unit transitions from the compressed state to a fully uncompressed state outside of the shell,
• wherein, in the fully uncompressed state, the absorptive unit is fully unfolded,
• wherein one of the two or more absorptive elements overlaps the two or more absorptive elements when the absorptive unit is in the compressed state inside the shell and is folded to a compressed size when the absorptive unit is in the compressed state,
• wherein the compressed size is less than or equal to 50 percent of the original size,
• wherein at least two of the two or more absorptive elements comprises a tether frame structure connected to a base of each of the at least two of the two or more absorptive elements.