Patents

Reduced-Leakage Tampon

U.S. Patent No. 12,533,268

Greta Catherine Meyer, San Francisco, CA; Amanda Paige Calabrese, San Francisco, CA; and Elijah John Sampson Zenger, New York, NY.

Assigned to Tampro Inc., San Francisco, CA.


Filed: 2/26/20
Issued: 1/27/26

A tampon comprising: an elongate body comprising an insertion end and a removal end opposite the insertion end, a longitudinal axis of the elongate body extending through the insertion end and the removal end; a flow path configured to direct menses across the elongate body, the flow path having at least two complete turns about the longitudinal axis of the elongate body; a plurality of linear flow paths spaced apart from each other around a circumference of the elongate body, each of the plurality of linear flow paths extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein each of the plurality of linear flow paths crosses successive turns of the flow path; and a removal string extending from the removal end of the elongate body.

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