Tampon applicator
CA 2350600 A1 · Owner: Johnson & Johnson Gmbh · Inventors: Buzot, Herve
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The invention relates to a tampon applicator comprising an elongated outer , cylinder a tampon contained therein and a push-out member by which the tampon can be pushed out through a forward delivery opening of the outer cylinder. In order to facilitate handling the applicator is on the rearward end, opposite , to the delivery opening (12) provided with a recess (6) extending , perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the applicator the cross-sectional , contour of the recess (6) being shaped to receive a finger in a finger seat.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 29, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 29, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 29, 2021.
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