Claims
- 1. An absorbent tampon comprising:
a mass of absorbent material which has been compressed into a generally cylindrical, self-sustaining form, wherein subsequent to said compression said generally cylindrical, self-sustaining form has a diameter of less that about 22 mm, said tampon having an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 12 to about 15 grams, said tampon being fluid expanding, and said tampon having an expanded width upon fluid absorption of at least about 27 mm.
- 2. The absorbent tampon of claim 1 wherein the difference between said absorbent material diameter and said tampon expanded width is at least about 10 mm.
- 3. The absorbent tampon of claim 2 wherein the difference between said absorbent material diameter and said tampon expanded width is at least about 15 mm.
- 4. The absorbent tampon of claim 1 wherein said mass of absorbent material is subjected to microwave radiation during formation of said tampon.
- 5. An absorbent tampon comprising:
a mass of absorbent material which has been compressed into a generally cylindrical, self-sustaining form, wherein said tampon has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 12 grams and about 15 grams, and wherein said tampon demonstrates a rate of expansion as measured by the expansion under pressure test from time zero until two minutes of at least 1.39 mm/min.
- 6. An absorbent tampon comprising:
a mass of absorbent material which has been compressed into a generally cylindrical, self-sustaining form, wherein said tampon has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 12 grams and about 15 grams, and wherein said tampon demonstrates a rate of expansion as measured by the expansion under pressure test from time zero until seven minutes of at least 0.87 mm/min.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/695,552 filed on Oct. 24, 2000, which was a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 09/309,467 filed on May 10, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,258,075.
Divisions (1)
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09695552 |
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10361385 |
Feb 2003 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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