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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2002
Susan J. Moder, Appleton, WI (US);
Richard W. Kubalek, Appleton, WI (US);
William G. Reeves, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A process and system for maintaining a position of a feminine-care treatment ( ) includes a providing of an operative quantity of at least one feminine-care treatment material ( ), and a depositing of the treatment material into a vulva-vaginal area of a recipient, female user. A maintenance article, such as provided by an interlabial device ( ), is placed into an interlabial space of the user. The maintenance article ( ) is configured to operatively impede an undesired movement of the treatment material ( ) from the vulva-vaginal area when the interlabial device is placed in the interlabial space of the user. In a particular aspect, the maintenance article ( ) can include a liquid-permeable topsheet layer ( ), and a pliable core ( ) which operatively joined to the topsheet layer ( ). In another aspect, the maintenance article ( ) can include a backsheet layer ( ) which is joined to the topsheet layer ( ), and can have the pliable core member ( ) positioned between the topsheet layer ( ) and the backsheet layer ( ). Still another aspect can include a bundling mechanism ( ) for operatively holding the treatment material ( ) and the interlabial device ( ) in a convenient system-assembly ( ).