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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2008
Fancheng Wang, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Rebecca White Patterson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Ward Osborn, Iii, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Fancheng Wang, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Rebecca White Patterson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for stabilizing a tampon. The method includes providing a pledget having a moisture content and including one or more metallic cation salts, compressing the pledget to produce a tampon, and applying microwave radiation to the tampon for a time sufficient to stabilize the tampon. The time to stabilize a tampon can be reduced by at least about 20% compared to the time to stabilize a tampon lacking one or more metallic cation salts.