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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Kimberly Marie Geiser, Appleton, WI (US);
David William Koenig, Menasha, WI (US);
Bernard Joseph Minerath, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Barbara JO Dvoracek, Appleton, WI (US);
David John Tyrrell, Appleton, WI (US);
Duane Gerard Krzysik, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly Marie Geiser, Appleton, WI (US);
David William Koenig, Menasha, WI (US);
Bernard Joseph Minerath, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Barbara Jo Dvoracek, Appleton, WI (US);
David John Tyrrell, Appleton, WI (US);
Duane Gerard Krzysik, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent personal care device, such as an interlabial pad, tampon, sanitary pad or liner, or incontinence product adapted to deliver a therapeutic agent to the vaginal epithelium for systemic and topical treatment, the tampon including absorbent material and a formulation including a therapeutic agent, wherein the therapeutic agent is a botanical. The botanical may be, but is not limited to,, aloe vera, comfrey, calendula, dong quai, black cohosh, chamomile, evening primrose,, licorice root, black currant seed oil, St. John's wort, tea extracts, lemon balm, capsicum, rosemary,, mung bean, borage seed oil, witch hazel, fenugreek, lavender, soy, heath, cranberries, blueberries, azaleas, red onion skin, short red bell peppers, long red bell peppers, beet root extract, capsanthin, whortleberry, lingenberry, chokeberry, sweet rowan, rowanberry, seabuckhrouberry, crowberry, strawberries, or gooseberries.