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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur L Silber, San Gabriel, CA (US);
Raymond C Ng, San Marino, CA (US);
James C Caillouette, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604330 ; 6043851 ; 604904 ;
Abstract
A flow-controlling tampon, comprising a generally upright elongated sheath structure having an open upper end and a closed lower end, the upper end sized to fit about the cervix an inner, elongated, flow-control tube extending generally upright within the sheath, the tube having an upper open end to receive flow via the upper open end of the sheath, and the flow-control tube having lower opening structure to pass flow from the tube into the lower interior of the sheath to gradually collect upwardly from the lower interior of the sheath, and about the control tube.