ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,497, issued on July 15, was assigned to Kenvue Brands LLC (Summit, N.J.).

"Article and method for maintaining menstrual fluid within the vagina" was invented by H. Michael Moscherosch (Doylestown, Pa.), Jennifer L Sturgeon (Long Valley, N.J.) and Mari Hou (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to sanitary protection article that is structured and arranged to maintain menstrual fluid within the vagina and thereby prevent the menstrual fluid from escaping the body. The present invention also relates to a method of selectively maintaining menstrual fluid within the vagina by means of using such...