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US 2026/0263289 A1Published application
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.
Claims1
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 removal end and the insertion end;
- a single, continuous spiral recess in an outer surface of the elongate body, the spiral recess turning about the longitudinal axis of the body and extending at least one complete turn around a circumference of the elongate body, each turn of the spiral recess being angled closer to horizontal than the longitudinal axis of the body;
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- a removal string extending from a removal end of the elongate body.
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