TAMPON ODER SCHLIESSVORRICHTUNG FÜR KÖRPERDURCHGÄNGE EINES TIERISCHEN ODER MENSCHLICHEN WESENS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DK95/00155 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 17, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 17, 1996 PCT Filed Apr. 12, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/28138 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 26, 1995A tampon or closure device for insertion into an external opening of an artificial or natural body canal of an animal or human being includes a resilient compressed plug-like body of a molded material, the body having a longitudinal direction and being expandable to a cross-sectional dimension ensuring closure of the body canal when inserted in the opening with the longitudinal direction extending longitudinally in the canal. The body is provided with a withdrawal handle element protruding from the body and connected with an anchor part encapsulated in the body and having a relatively large bearing face against the surrounding molded material of the body. The handle element and anchor part are made from a material with a knitted structure to provide a 3-dimensional bond to the molded material of the body where the anchor part is designed as a soft flexible element oriented in the longitudinal direction.