CA2472006A1 - Laterally loaded insertion device - Google Patents

Laterally loaded insertion device Download PDF

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CA2472006A1
CA2472006A1 CA002472006A CA2472006A CA2472006A1 CA 2472006 A1 CA2472006 A1 CA 2472006A1 CA 002472006 A CA002472006 A CA 002472006A CA 2472006 A CA2472006 A CA 2472006A CA 2472006 A1 CA2472006 A1 CA 2472006A1
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applicator
insertion device
laterally
laterally loaded
pledget
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Keith Edgett
Dane R. Jackson
Jessica Lemay
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Playtex Products LLC
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/20—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
    • A61F13/26—Means for inserting tampons, i.e. applicators

Abstract

The present invention provides a tampon applicator (12) adapted to allow a pledget (22) to be laterally loaded into the barrel of the applicator. By laterally loading the pledget, the applicator may include pre-formed petals (16) on the insertion end of the barrel and/or a fingergrip having a reduced diameter. The applicator may be formed from any suitable material, such as, for example, biopolymer, paper, paperboard, paper slurry, plastic, thermoplastic polymer, thermosetting polymer, or any combinations thereof.
CA002472006A 2002-01-04 2002-11-27 Laterally loaded insertion device Expired - Fee Related CA2472006C (en)

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US10/038,552 US6508780B1 (en) 2002-01-04 2002-01-04 Laterally loaded insertion device
US10/038,552 2002-01-04
PCT/US2002/037989 WO2003059230A1 (en) 2002-01-04 2002-11-27 Laterally loaded insertion device

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CA2472006A1 true CA2472006A1 (en) 2003-07-24
CA2472006C CA2472006C (en) 2009-02-03

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JP (1) JP4246636B2 (en)
AU (1) AU2002367013A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2472006C (en)
WO (1) WO2003059230A1 (en)

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US7186248B2 (en) * 2001-08-16 2007-03-06 Peter James Brian Lamb Device for introducing an object into a vagina with sanitary finger mounting means
US6786883B2 (en) * 2002-04-15 2004-09-07 Ronald D. Shippert Applicator for insertion of cargo into a body cavity
US7727208B2 (en) 2002-09-12 2010-06-01 Playtex Products, Inc. Ergonomic tampon applicator
US7044928B2 (en) * 2003-04-04 2006-05-16 Platex Products, Inc. Tampon applicator assembly having an improved plunger and methods of making
US9192522B2 (en) * 2003-05-02 2015-11-24 Eveready Battery Company, Inc. Tampon assembly having shaped pledget
US8197434B2 (en) * 2003-05-02 2012-06-12 Playtex Products, Inc. Tampon assembly having shaped pledget
US7815594B2 (en) 2006-06-12 2010-10-19 Playtex Products, Inc. Tampon assembly providing proper bodily placement of a pledget
US9233029B2 (en) * 2009-06-22 2016-01-12 The Procter & Gamble Company Nesting tampon applicator
US9532907B1 (en) 2015-07-22 2017-01-03 Thinx Inc. Reusable tampon applicators, methods of manufacture, and methods of use
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CA3009666A1 (en) 2015-12-29 2017-07-06 CEEK Enterprises Sleeve for speculum and use thereof
EP3397135A2 (en) 2015-12-29 2018-11-07 Ceek Enterprises Insertable sleeve for speculum and use thereof
US10456016B2 (en) 2017-05-05 2019-10-29 CEEK Enterprises Applicator for a speculum accessory sleeve and use thereof
USD986415S1 (en) 2020-09-11 2023-05-16 Ceek Women's Health, Inc. Speculum
CN117042733A (en) * 2021-03-22 2023-11-10 宝洁公司 Tampon product comprising an applicator having a component molded from a pulp-based composite material

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US2351836A (en) 1938-10-18 1944-06-20 Popper Otto Vaginal pack device
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AU2002367013A1 (en) 2003-07-30
JP4246636B2 (en) 2009-04-02
US6508780B1 (en) 2003-01-21
CA2472006C (en) 2009-02-03
WO2003059230A1 (en) 2003-07-24
JP2005514165A (en) 2005-05-19

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