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US 2015/0173876 A1Published application
Vaginal insert method of manufacture
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsChadwick I. Romzek, Claudiu Andrei Bouruc, Todd W. Wilkes, David John Enz, Jesse J. Pasterski, Kurt G. Krupka, Brian Wayne Tomac, Sarah Anne Olson
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Abstract
A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a vaginal insert, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a core, the core comprising:
- i. an anchoring element;
- ii. a supporting element;
- and
- iii. a node connecting the anchoring element and the supporting element;
- b. providing a cover blank;
- c. inserting the core into the cover blank by inverting the cover blank over the core resulting in a core and cover blank combination;
- d. attaching a removal element to the cover blank;
- and
- e. converting the cover blank into a cover.
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A method of manufacturing a vaginal insert, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a core, the core comprising:
- i. an anchoring element;
- ii. a supporting element;
- and
- iii. a node connecting the anchoring element and the supporting element;
- b. providing a cover blank, the cover blank comprising:
- i. a first layer of material and a second layer of material in a face-to-face relationship with the first layer of material;
- and
- ii. a first side seam and a second side seam bonding the first layer of material to the second layer of material;
- c. forming a supporting element seam in the cover blank;
- d. inverting the cover blank over the core to form a core and cover blank combination;
- e. attaching a removal element to the cover blank;
- and
- f. forming an anchoring element seam in the cover blank to convert the cover blank to a cover.
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A method of manufacturing a vaginal insert, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a core;
- b. providing a cover blank, the cover blank comprising:
- i. a first layer of material and a second layer of material in a face-to-face relationship with the first layer of material;
- ii. a first side seam and a second side seam bonding the first layer of material to the second layer of material;
- iii. top edges of the first layer of material and second layer of material in an unbonded configuration;
- and
- iv. bottom edges of the first layer of material and the second layer of material in an unbonded configuration;
- c. pleating the bottom edges of the cover blank;
- d. forming a supporting element seam in the pleated bottom edges of the cover blank;
- e. inverting the cover blank over the core to form a core and cover blank combination;
- f. pleating the top edges of the cover blank;
- and
- g. forming an anchoring element seam in the pleated top edges of the cover blank to convert the cover blank to a cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.