US Patent Issued to Outasite on March 24 for "Bi-directionally positionable tampon" (Arizona, Ohio, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,559, issued on March 24, was assigned to Outasite LLC (Cary, N.C.).

"Bi-directionally positionable tampon" was invented by Terrill A. Young (Cincinnati), Gwynne Marie Hite (Morrisville, N.C.) and Walter Dan Parker (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bi-directionally positionable tampon configured to be disposed in a vaginal opening adjacent to a cervical os for absorbing and collecting vaginal discharge. The tampon includes an elastomeric ring to support an absorbent pad for collecting and absorbing bodily fluids. To support the absorbent pad, the elastomeric ring has a first circular-shaped edge and a second circular-shap...