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US 12,533,268 B2Granted
Reduced-leakage tampon
AssigneeTampro Inc.
InventorsGreta Catherine Meyer, Amanda Paige Calabrese, Elijah John Sampson Zenger
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Abstract
Tampons including an elongate body and a removal string extending from a removal end of the elongate body. The tampons may include an absorbent material and a spiral flow path that directs menses across the elongate body. The spiral flow path includes at least one complete turn around the longitudinal axis of the elongate body.
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A tampon comprising:
- an elongate body comprising an insertion end and a removal end opposite the insertion end, a longitudinal axis of the elongate body extending through the insertion end and the removal end;
- a flow path configured to direct menses across the elongate body, the flow path having at least two complete turns about the longitudinal axis of the elongate body;
- a plurality of linear flow paths spaced apart from each other around a circumference of the elongate body, each of the plurality of linear flow paths extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein each of the plurality of linear flow paths crosses successive turns of the flow path;
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- a removal string extending from the removal end of the elongate body.
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A tampon comprising:
- an elongate body comprising an insertion end and a removal end opposite the insertion end, a longitudinal axis of the elongate body extending through the insertion end and the removal end;
- a plurality of flow path segments in an outer surface of the elongate body, the plurality of flow path segments forming a generally spiral flow path comprising at least two complete turns about the longitudinal axis of the elongate body;
- a plurality of linear flow paths extending in a longitudinal direction and separating the plurality of flow path segments;
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- a removal string extending from the removal end of the elongate body;
- wherein each of the plurality of linear flow paths crosses successive turns of the plurality of flow path segments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.