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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
David J. Chase, Somerville, NJ (US);
Erin Marsee, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Mari Hou, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Tara Glasgow, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Julia K. Iris, North Wales, PA (US);
Jennifer Sturgeon, Long Valley, NJ (US);
David J. Chase, Somerville, NJ (US);
Erin Marsee, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Mari Hou, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Tara Glasgow, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Julia K. Iris, North Wales, PA (US);
Jennifer Sturgeon, Long Valley, NJ (US);
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
An intravaginal device has a fluid storage element having a longitudinal axis and is in fluid communication with at least one fluid transport element. The at least one fluid transport element has a first plate having an outwardly oriented surface and an inwardly oriented surface and a second plate coupled to the first plate. The second plate has a first surface disposed and maintained in facing relationship with the inwardly oriented surface of the first plate and an opposite surface. The second plate is capable of separating from the first plate sufficiently to provide inter-plate capillary action. The at least one fluid transport element is bendable about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluid storage element.