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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Curt Binner, Furlong, PA (US);
Samuel C. Carasso, Milltown, NJ (US);
David J. Chase, Somerville, NJ (US);
Erin Marsee, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Tara Glasgow, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
David L. Kimball, Flemington, NJ (US);
Julia K. Iris, North Wales, PA (US);
Tony C. NG, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Curt Binner, Furlong, PA (US);
Samuel C. Carasso, Milltown, NJ (US);
David J. Chase, Somerville, NJ (US);
Erin Marsee, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Tara Glasgow, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
David L. Kimball, Flemington, NJ (US);
Julia K. Iris, North Wales, PA (US);
Tony C. Ng, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
An intravaginal device has a fluid storage element and at least one fluid transport element in fluid communication with the fluid storage element. The at least one fluid transport element has a first plate and a second plate coupled to the first plate. 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. The invention also includes methods and apparatus useful in the production of an intravaginal device.