Tampon for medical or hygienic purposes and method of making the same
AssigneeVP-Schickedanz AG
InventorsJorn Kubicki, Norbert Rink
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Abstract
A rod-shaped medical tampon for releasing an active substance, including (a) a tampon core of compressed fibers selected from the group consisting of cellulose fibers, cotton fibers, and acetate fibers; (b) a tampon cover surrounding said tampon core and being firmly bonded to one another by a glue, the tampon cover comprising a hardened collagen foam or a hardened gelatin foam impregnated with a retardant including a dissolved active substance to be released; and (c) a retrieval string connected to at least one of said tampon core and said tampon cover.
Claims10
A rod-shaped medical tampon for releasing an active substance, comprising:
- (a) a tampon core of compressed fibers selected from the group consisting of cellulose fibers, cotton fibers, and acetate fibers;
- (b) a tampon cover surrounding said tampon core and being firmly bonded to one another by a glue, the tampon cover comprising a hardened collagen foam or a hardened gelatin foam impregnated with a retardant including a dissolved active substance to be released;
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- (c) a retrieval string connected to at least one of said tampon core and said tampon cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.