Patent ID: 9387133
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A sanitary product for a human vagina comprising an absorbent plug for absorption of menstrual fluid, an absorbent pad for absorption of menstrual fluid and a liquid impermeable flexible sheath disposed between the absorbent plug and the absorbent pad, the flexible sheath being a tube having an open proximal end and a closed distal end wherein the tube is itself closed at the end, the absorbent plug joined to the closed distal end of the tube entirely on the outside of the tube such that liquid cannot pass from the plug to the inside of the tube, and the absorbent pad joined to the proximal end of the tube, wherein said flexible sheath opens through the pad and is resiliently expandable in a radial direction such that a wearer's finger can be received in the sheath to assist insertion of the plug into a vaginal orifice, wherein the sheath is liquid impermeable in at least a direction from the outside of the sheath to the inside of the sheath.