Patents by Inventor Eugene Dougherty, Jr.

Eugene Dougherty, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120175803
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing of medical products such as a feminine hygiene product, is presented. The apparatus includes a body, a pump and a vaginal canal assembly. The body includes an internal chamber and a bottom surface having a bore open to the internal chamber. The pump provides a fluid to the body. In one embodiment, the fluid is a menses simulant. The vaginal canal assembly includes an interior canal accepting the product. The vaginal canal assembly includes a passage providing the fluid to the interior canal. The apparatus includes a pressure regulator controlling pressure exerted on the vaginal canal assembly from a volume of air within the internal chamber. The apparatus includes a stand. The stand includes a retaining device and a locking device. The locking device cooperates with the retaining device to selectively secure the body in at least one of a rotational position and an angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Dougherty, JR., Keith Edgett, Scott Salmon, Mario Turchi, Phillip Ebert, Robert Jorgensen, Steven O. Bordley
  • Patent number: 8166834
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing of medical products such as a feminine hygiene product, is presented. The apparatus includes a body, a pump and a vaginal canal assembly. The body includes an internal chamber and a bottom surface having a bore open to the internal chamber. The pump provides a fluid to the body. In one embodiment, the fluid is a menses simulant. The vaginal canal assembly includes an interior canal accepting the product. The vaginal canal assembly includes a passage providing the fluid to the interior canal. The apparatus includes a pressure regulator controlling pressure exerted on the vaginal canal assembly from a volume of air within the internal chamber. The apparatus includes a stand. The stand includes a retaining device and a locking device. The locking device cooperates with the retaining device to selectively secure the body in at least one of a rotational position and an angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Playtex Products, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Dougherty, Jr., Keith Edgett, Scott Salmon, Mario Turchi, Phillip Ebert, Robert Jorgensen, Steven O. Bordley
  • Publication number: 20090281474
    Abstract: A feminine hygiene product is presented. The feminine hygiene product includes a body having a mass of compressed fibrous material, an insertion end and a withdrawal end. The body has an overall length L. The insertion end has a diameter A and the withdrawal end has a diameter B. In an initial state, diameter B is at least about equal to up to about ten percent greater than the diameter A. When exposed to a fluid, diameter B radially expands such that a ratio of diameter B to the diameter A is about 1.25 to 1. In one embodiment, the feminine hygiene product is a vaginal tampon and when exposed to a fluid, diameter B expands more rapidly than diameter A to substantially seal a bottom portion of a vaginal cavity and prevent bypass leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene Dougherty, JR., Keith Edgett, Robert Jorgensen
  • Publication number: 20090227975
    Abstract: A tampon pledget includes crosslinked cellulose fibers having microstructures treated to provide improved absorbency and higher wet strength. The fibers are treated with a crosslinking agent to provide at least one of a molecular weight between crosslinks of from about 10 to 200 and a degree of crystallinity of from about 25% to 75%. The crosslinking agent includes citric acid in 1% by weight. The crosslinking agent may further include sodium hypophosphite in 1% by weight. In another embodiment, the crosslinking agent may be a difunctional agent including a glyoxal or a glyoxal-derived resin. In still another embodiment, the crosslinking agent is a multifunctional agent including a cyclic urea, glyoxal, polyol condensate. The crosslinking agent is added in an amount from about 0.001% to 20% by weight based on a total weight of cellulose fibers to be treated and, preferably, in an amount of about 5% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Playtex Products, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Dougherty, JR., Andrew Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20090036859
    Abstract: A tampon pledget has an absorbent mass of material and a withdrawal string located at one end thereof. During use, the tampon pledget expands to take on a geometric configuration that approximates the shape of the vagina into which the tampon pledget is inserted. An anthroprometrically expandable tampon pledget has an absorbent mass of material that is defined by a first end having a first density, a second end having a second density, and a portion intermediate the first and second ends. The material expands at different rates upon being contacted by body fluids, thereby allowing the tampon pledget to conform to the shape of a vagina. A method of making an expandable tampon pledget includes the steps of providing an absorbent material, attaching a string thereto, and compressing the material into a cylindrical shape such that a density gradient is realized over a length of the compressed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Dougherty, JR., Keith Edgett, Shannon Talbot, Robert Jorgensen
  • Publication number: 20080319273
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing of medical products such as a feminine hygiene product, is presented. The apparatus includes a body, a pump and a vaginal canal assembly. The body includes an internal chamber and a bottom surface having a bore open to the internal chamber. The pump provides a fluid to the body. In one embodiment, the fluid is a menses simulant. The vaginal canal assembly includes an interior canal accepting the product. The vaginal canal assembly includes a passage providing the fluid to the interior canal. The apparatus includes a pressure regulator controlling pressure exerted on the vaginal canal assembly from a volume of air within the internal chamber. The apparatus includes a stand. The stand includes a retaining device and a locking device. The locking device cooperates with the retaining device to selectively secure the body in at least one of a rotational position and an angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Dougherty, JR., Keith Edgett, Scott Salmon, Mario Turchi, Phillip Ebert, Robert Jorgensen, Steven O. Bordley
  • Publication number: 20080287902
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tampon pledget with one or more of the following properties: increased absorbency rate; high absorbent capacity and fluid retention; rapid expansion potential; and ease of ejection of the pledget from the applicator. Surprisingly, the one or more properties are achieved by using a modified dual cross-pad, folded, compressed tampon pledget design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Edgett, Robert Jorgensen, Eugene Dougherty, JR., Yinka Abdul