Patent ID: 7186248

Claim:
A device for introducing a tampon into a vagina, said device including: an elongate body that is mountable around a user's finger such that the device forms an extension of the user's finger, said elongate body forms a socket therein that extends forward from an operatively trailing end of the body and within the socket at least an end portion of a user's finger is snugly receivable; said socket having a longitudinal axis that is disposed at an obtuse angle relative to a longitudinal axis of a holder; and said holder which protrudes forward from the elongate body and which is insertable into a user's vagina, the holder being configured to hold a tampon whilst being inserted into the user's vagina and then release the tampon once positioned inside the vagina, the holder including: a cradle defining a circular cylindrical recess within which the tampon is set on top, the cradle being configured such that when the tampon is inserted in the cradle, at least part of the tampon intermediate its outer surface is exposed before insertion, and a leading end that is distal relative to the elongate body, the leading end of the holder covering a forward-most tip of the tampon which is distal relative to the elongate body and facing forward during insertion, said leading end of the holder is split and formed of a flexible material to permit the passage of the tampon there through when the device is withdrawn from a user's vagina permitting the tampon to remain in position in the vagina.