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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2009
Paul Y. Fung, South River, NJ (US);
Dmitry Yavich, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Paul Y. Fung, South River, NJ (US);
Dmitry Yavich, Brooklyn, NY (US);
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
An intravaginal tampon is formed of compressed material and has an outer surface, an insertion end, a withdrawal end, and a center portion formed between the insertion and withdrawal ends. The outer surface has at least two segmented grooves are formed therein, and each segmented groove is separated from and spaced at a distance from an adjacent segmented groove. Each segmented groove has at least one substantially longitudinal segment and at least one accumulator segment. The arrangement of the segments provides a pooling region to impede bodily fluid flow along the outer surface of the tampon.