Hemorrhoid treatment pad
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRaphael Warren, John Michael Blevins, Thomas Ward Osborn III
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Abstract
A hemorrhoid treatment pad, the hemorrhoid treatment pad having a substance on a body facing surface thereof, the substance comprising a skin care composition. The skin care composition can have from about 0.001% to about 0.1% by weight of hexamidine; from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight of zinc oxide; from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of niacinamide; and a carrier.
Claims46
A hemorrhoid treatment pad comprising a skin care composition, the skin care composition comprising:
- (a) from about 0.001% to about 0.1% by weight of hexamidine;
- (b) from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight of zinc oxide;
- (c) from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of niacinamide;
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- (d) a carrier.
An absorbent anal pad intended to be inserted into the space defined by the opposing halves of the buttocks and adjacent the anus, said absorbent pad comprising a liquid pervious body contacting surface and an underside, said absorbent pad further comprising an axis for bending the pad along a central longitudinal axis, wherein said liquid pervious body contacting surface is joined to an absorbent material, and wherein the anal pad has a skin care composition applied to said liquid pervious body contacting surface, and wherein the absorbent anal pad is folded in use along said central longitudinal axis for placement of said liquid pervious top surface adjacent to the anus.
The absorbent anal pad of claim 24, wherein said removal aid comprises a string.
A hemorrhoid treatment pad having a body facing side, said hemorrhoid treatment pad comprising a skin care composition on said body facing side, the skin care composition being in an intermittent pattern.
A method of using an absorbent pad to improve comfort in the anal region of a wearer, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an absorbent pad;
- b) folding said absorbent pad to form a crease in one dimension;
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- c) inserting said absorbent pad into a natal cleft adjacent an anus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.