Catamenial device for blood leakage prevention

Abstract

A catamenial device for blood leakage prevention composed of an inflatable-expandable member and an absorbent intravaginal member such as a tampon. The inflatable-expandable member houses a resiliently expandable inflation member generally made of open cell foam. Prior insertion into a vaginal canal, the inflation member is in a contracted state. Upon placement to proper vaginal location, the inflation member expands by resiliency drawing air from a space inside the balloon or a reservoir of the balloon where the air has been displaced and housed when the air has been squeezed out from the open cell foam when the inflation member has been compressed prior to insertion. Inflation-expansion of the inflatable member can be activated manually by the user or via an intravaginal applicator which has the dual function of inserting and delivering the device into the vagina and that of actuating the inflation-expansion of the inflatable member.

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