US Patent Issued to Edgewell Personal Care Brands on Feb. 24 for "Tampon pledget for increased bypass leakage protection" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,269, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands LLC (Chesterfield, Mo.).

"Tampon pledget for increased bypass leakage protection" was invented by Robert Jorgensen (Middletown, Del.) and Keith Edgett (Middletown, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a tampon pledget that includes one or more enhanced features that result in the pledget exhibiting increased bypass leakage prevention. These enhanced features may include, but are not limited to, geometry, absorption, and any combinations thereof. There is also provided one or more methods for constructing a tampon pledget having increased bypass lea...