Patent ID: 9155665
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A compressed menstrual tampon comprising an elongated generally rod-shaped absorption body having an insertion end and a withdrawal end and having a withdrawal string extending from the withdrawal end, wherein the absorption body has at least two wave shaped compression lines extending continuously from the insertion end to the withdrawal end; wherein an amplitude of each of the at least two wave shaped compression lines extends at least partially in a circumferential direction of the rod-shaped absorption body; wherein the at least two wave shaped compression lines are arranged at least on an exposed outer surface of the rod-shaped body in a non-congruent pattern so that waves in neighbouring wave shaped compression lines are out of phase with each other; and wherein each of the compression lines forms a channel having two walls substantially in the radial direction of the tampon, the walls being at an angle to the radial direction of the tampon of from 0°-60°, each wall extends from an interior region of the absorption body to an exterior region of the absorption body, and wherein an interior edge of each wall of one of the compression lines is joined to an interior edge of the other wall of the one compression line.