Patents

Tampon and Method for Making Same:

U.S. Patent No. 12,350,133

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Eric Mitchell Schickli, Cincinnati, OH; and Eva Grace Nellenbach, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 12/14/23
Issued: 7/8/25

An absorbent tampon comprising a mass of absorbent material which has been compressed into a generally cylindrical, self-sustaining form, wherein subsequent to compression the generally cylindrical, self-sustaining form comprises a density of greater than 0.35 grams per cubic centimeter according to the tampon density test disclosed herein, wherein the tampon has a syngyna absorbent capacity of between about 6 and about 9 grams, and wherein the tampon undergoes a growth, upon fluid absorption, in transverse dimension of at least 7 millimeters according to the dynamic expansion test disclosed herein.

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