US 12,115,047 B2
Menstrual device and applicator system
Ricardo De Oliveira, New Hope, PA (US); George Kormanos, Nashua, NH (US); Pankaj Nigam, Ridgewood, NJ (US); Hassan Mohamed, Bayonne, NJ (US); Richard Timmers, Saddle Brook, NJ (US); and Rui Yang, Pompton Lakes, NJ (US)
Assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed by Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,279.
Application 17/806,279 is a continuation of application No. 15/602,506, filed on May 23, 2017, granted, now 11,389,337.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,131, filed on May 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,134, filed on May 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296432 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/26 (2006.01); A61F 13/28 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/2045 (2013.01) [A61F 13/2028 (2013.01); A61F 13/2037 (2013.01); A61F 13/2042 (2013.01); A61F 13/2071 (2013.01); A61F 13/28 (2013.01); A61F 13/84 (2013.01); A61F 13/2057 (2013.01); A61F 13/2068 (2013.01); A61F 13/266 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8488 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A menstrual device comprising:
a frame having a side wall with an exterior surface and an interior surface, the side wall extends between a proximal end and a distal end, and the interior surface at least in part defines an interior cavity; and
a fluid barrier seal layer disposed on the exterior surface of the side wall, the fluid barrier seal layer attached directly to the exterior surface about at least a first and an interior surface end point;
wherein the menstrual device collects fluid,
wherein the menstrual device has a device length defined by a central vertical axis between the proximal end and the distal end,
wherein the menstrual device is configurable in a compact configuration and in an expanded configuration, and in the expanded configuration the interior cavity has a volume greater than zero
wherein the frame has a length of between about 1.5 inches and about 2.0 inches,
wherein the cavity has a diameter of greater than 0 inches and up to about 1.08 inches, and wherein the menstrual device has a length ratio defined as a length of the cavity divided by the length of the frame, wherein the length ratio is less than or equal to 1:2, and
wherein the cavity comprises at least two cavities.