Patent ID: 8166834

Claim:
An apparatus for in-vitro testing of a feminine hygiene product, comprising: a body having an internal chamber, the body including a bottom surface having a central bore open to the internal chamber; a pump coupled to the body, the pump providing a fluid of interest; a vaginal canal assembly disposed within the internal chamber, the vaginal canal assembly including: a wall defining an interior canal, the interior canal having an open end and a closed end, the open end of the interior canal being coaxial writhe central bore, the interior canal accepting the feminine hygiene product; and a passage in the wall for providing the fluid of interest to the interior canal; a bracket assembly disposed within the internal chamber, the bracket assembly having upright portions, the upright portions accepting the vaginal canal assembly and retaining the vaginal canal assembly at a predetermined orientation within the internal chamber; and wherein the bracket assembly further includes: a pin; and the upright portions include a plurality of opposing bores aligned along a vertical portion of the upright portions, the opposing bores accepting the pin wherein the pin is positioned within corresponding opposing bores for selectively adjusting the orientation of the vaginal canal assembly.