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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Diana Lynne Gann, Lebanon, OH (US);
Thomas Ward Osborn, Iii, Clifton, OH (US);
Inventors:
Diana Lynne Gann, Lebanon, OH (US);
Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Clifton, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/20 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for in vitro testing of catamenial tampon-and-applicator systems are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an in vitro receptacle for accepting tampons deployed during the testing procedure. The in vitro receptacle comprises a sleeve with a tampon-deflecting zone, representing an in vivo vaginal channel with a frontal area of a cervix.