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Tampon

  • US 5,000,315 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1989
  • Issued: 03/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A packaged tampon of the kind comprising a body of absorbent material intended for internal use in a body cavity to absorb blood, body secretions and the like, said tampon being enclosed in its own individual outer covering, characterised in that a disposable fingerstall in the form of a tubular sheath, closed at one end and open at the other, and made of thin, flexible, rubber-like or plastics material which is impervious to blood and other body secretion, is also enclosed within said outer covering, said fingerstall being adapted to completely cover the finer used to position the tampon in the body cavity.

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