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US 5,800,338 AGranted
Tampon or closure device for body passageways of animal or human beings
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsIb Kollerup, Erik Ethelfeld
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AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsIb Kollerup, Erik Ethelfeld
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A tampon or closure device for insertion into an external opening of an artificial or natural body canal of an animal or human being includes a resilient compressed plug-like body of a molded material, the body having a longitudinal direction and being expandable to a cross-sectional dimension ensuring closure of the body canal when inserted in the opening with the longitudinal direction extending longitudinally in the canal. The body is provided with a withdrawal handle element protruding from the body and connected with an anchor part encapsulated in the body and having a relatively large bearing face against the surrounding molded material of the body. The handle element and anchor part are made from a material with a knitted structure to provide a 3-dimensional bond to the molded material of the body where the anchor part is designed as a soft flexible element oriented in the longitudinal direction.
A tampon or closure device for insertion into an external opening of an artificial or natural body canal of an animal or human being, comprising a resilient compressed plug-like body of a moulded material, said body having a longitudinal direction and being expandable to a cross-sectional dimension ensuring closure of said body canal when inserted in said opening with said longitudinal direction extending longitudinally in said canal, said body being provided with a withdrawal handle means protruding from the body and connected with an anchor part encapsulated in the body and having a relatively large bearing face against the surrounding moulded material of the body, said handle means and anchor part being made from a material with a knitted structure, to provide a three-dimensional bond to the moulded material of said body, the anchor part being designed as a soft flexible element oriented in said longitudinal direction.
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