WO2011126497A1 - Système de surveillance pour tampon hygiénique - Google Patents

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WO2011126497A1
WO2011126497A1 PCT/US2010/045812 US2010045812W WO2011126497A1 WO 2011126497 A1 WO2011126497 A1 WO 2011126497A1 US 2010045812 W US2010045812 W US 2010045812W WO 2011126497 A1 WO2011126497 A1 WO 2011126497A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/42—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators with wetness indicator or alarm
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/20—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
    • A61F13/2002—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor characterised by the use
    • A61F13/202—Catamenial tampons
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/20—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
    • A61F13/2022—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor characterised by the shape
    • A61F13/204—Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor characterised by the shape having an external member remaining outside the body cavity, e.g. for form fitting or leakage prevention

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  • the present invention relates to cellular phone based systems for monitoring sensor signals of sensors in vaginally inserted tampons.
  • Tampons are conveniently used by women to absorb menstrual blood.
  • a tampon is commonly vaginally inserted.
  • the tampon acts as a fluid absorption body that seals the vaginal channel and at the same time absorbs menstrual blood from the uterus until the tampon reaches its fluid absorption limit. If the tampon is not replaced at that time, menstrual blood may leak out of the tampon.
  • Prior Art tampon saturation notifying devices and systems utilize commercially available small sensors that are positioned at points inside the fluid absorbent material. Such sensors provide only yes/no information in case of a uniformly progressing blood saturation and fail to capture arbitrary blood saturation progression such as during peripheral tampon leakage. Therefore, there exists a need for tampon saturation notifying device and system that provides a gradual wetting response signal and is able to capture also peripheral tampon leakage. The present invention addresses also this need.
  • a woman's overall health condition may be closely linked to her menstruation cycle. Cycle duration, cycle regularity, cycle intensity and blood conductivity related to iron levels may be some parameters to determine a woman's overall health. Therefore, there exists a need for a convenient way of logging the menstruation cycles on an ongoing base in a time stamped manner to process information for example about cycle durations, cycle regularity, cycle intensity, blood conductivity and fertility periods. Such health information may be telephone forwarded to remote third party devices for example of a doctor. The present invention addresses also this need.
  • Cell phones are commonly carried in close proximity throughout the day. They also provide a number of features such as distinctive ring, vibration, secondary wireless communication with other than telephoning devices, and custom software execution. All this makes a cellular phone highly suitable as a personal monitoring device in particular in combination with tampons having a sensor such as a blood saturation monitor. Therefore, there exists a need for a system utilizing a cell phone as a tampon saturation monitoring device. The present invention addresses also this need.
  • a cell phone based tampon monitoring system features a tampon with a sensor in it, a sensor hub with a hub processor in a wired signal connection with the sensor and in a wireless signal connection with a cell phone.
  • Commercially available cell phones may be adapted by installing a software application on it.
  • the software may feature a wireless identification routine for initially identifying a sensor hub, a signal communication routine that is communicating with the sensor hub via a secondary wireless port that is common in cell phones at the time of this invention, a signal processing algorithm, and an information routine that is accessing and utilizing the cell phone's user interfaces and/or telephoning feature to forward the logged data to a remote third party device.
  • women may be given a simple and private means to monitor the saturation of their currently inserted tampon, get forecasts and alerts in a timely manner and through ongoing use get a wealth of information about her menstruation cycle and other related health information that may be utilized by her and/or her doctor.
  • the sensor preferably responds to blood saturation. It is a simple device including at least two proximal signal terminals separated by a fluid responsive medium that is preferably made of the same gauze material the fluid absorption body is fabricated from. The two proximal signal terminals have a signal potential across the fluid responsive medium, which is in wetting communication with the fluid absorption body.
  • the saturation sensor may be configured to provide a resistive, capacitive or optic wetting response signal, which the hub processor transforms into a wireless signal forwarded to the portable multifunction device.
  • the wired signal connection is provided be generally a signal line may be a cable that is structurally combined with the fluid absorption body such that the tampon may be pulled from its vaginally inserted position by use of the cable.
  • the cable may feature a connector to easily connect and/or disconnect to the processor.
  • the hub processor may be configured as a disposable device with a battery life corresponding to a predetermined number of tampons and this processor may be packaged together in each box of tampons.
  • the sensor hub with its hub processor may also be configured as a standalone unit with a replaceable battery that processes the monitoring information directly and without portable multifunction device. In that case, the sensor hub is configured as a notifier attached to the user's undergarment. Such notifier may be a buzzer or a tactile notifier in skin contact.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic of a cell phone based tampon monitoring system.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic of a cell phone with an installed tampon monitoring software.
  • Figs. 3A - 3C are time graphs of various tampon sensor signals received by the cell phone from the sensor hub.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic transparent perspective depiction of a tampon with a representative tampon sensor.
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a tampon saturation sensor cable in a first representative configuration.
  • Figs. 6A-6D are perspective assembly step views of a tampon saturation sensor cable in a second representative configuration.
  • Fig. 7 is perspective view of a portion of a tampon saturation sensor cable in a third representative configuration.
  • Fig. 8 is perspective view of a portion of a tampon saturation sensor cable in the third representative configuration.
  • a cell phone based tampon monitoring system 100 includes a sensor 120 in a tampon 132 worn by a female user 144, a sensor hub 116 in a wired signal connection 114 with the sensor 120, and a personal communication device 108 in a wireless signal connection 136 with the sensor hub 116.
  • the personal communication device 108 such as preferably a cell phone or other well known hand held or pocket size electronic communication device receives via the wireless signal connection 114 a wireless tampon signal 123 that is generated by the sensor hub 116 in conjunction with a tampon signal 142 generated by the sensor 120 and received by the sensor hub 116 via the wired connection 114.
  • the cell phone 108 processes the wireless tampon signal 123 preferably by means of an installed software application 104 into a monitoring information 126 that is presented as at least one of a sensor hub connect information 145, an initial blood detection information 146, a tampon saturation progress information 147, a tampon leakage alert 148, a tampon full forecast 149, a tampon full alert 150, a health data log 151 and a fertility information 152.
  • the wired signal connection 114 may be a dual wire electric cable or optical cable in between the sensor 120 and the sensor hub 116 as described in the cross referenced applications. There the sensor hub 116 is described as a notifier or buzzer that is removable attached to the user's 144 undergarment.
  • the wireless signal connection 136 includes a hub transceiver or sender 118 and a cell phone transceiver 112 that preferably operate according to the well known BluetoothTM technology.
  • the wired tampon signal 142 may be converted by a hub processor 117 of the sensor hub 116 into the wireless signal 123 and may be transmitted in a predetermined periodic fashion to minimize consumption of battery power in the sensor hub 116 as may be clear to anyone skilled in the art.
  • the hub processor 117 may uniquely encrypt the wireless tampon signal, meaning that no other sensor hub 116 may have the same wireless tampon signal.
  • the cell phone 108 may decrypt the wireless tampon signal upon entering a decryption code 161 that is uniquely associated with the sensor hub 116. This provides for a safe one directional wireless communication between sensor hub 116 and cell phone 108 and consequently for a most simplistic configuration of the sensor hub 116 as may be well appreciated by anyone skilled in the art.
  • the tampon monitoring software application 104 may feature a wireless identification routine 162, a signal communication routine, a signal processing algorithm 164 and an information routine 165.
  • the wireless identification routine 162 is identifying via the wireless signal communication port 112 the tampon sensor hub 116 and is generating an initial time stamp Tl of an identification moment with the tampon sensor hub 116.
  • the identification moment may be that moment where a newly inserted tampon 120 is connected to the sensor hub 116 and the sensor hub 116 transmits a connect confirmation signal S145 as shown in Figs. 3A - 3C.
  • a decryption routine 167 may be part of the wireless identification routine that is decrypting the encrypted wireless tampon signal 123 in accordance with the user 144 entered decryption code 161. That way and once a new sensor hub 116 is put into service for the first time, the identification moment may also be the moment, the decryption code 161 is entered.
  • the signal communication routine 163 is communicating via the wireless communication port 112 with the sensor hub 116 and is receiving preferably periodically a wireless tampon signal 123.
  • the signal processing algorithm 164 is processing from the wireless tampon signal 123 and the initial time stamp Tl the monitoring information 126.
  • the information routine 165 is accessing and utilizing at least one of the user interface 172, 173, 174 and a telephoning feature 175 of the cell phone 108 to communicate the monitoring information 126.
  • the signal processing algorithm 164 is processing the wireless tampon signal 123 into at least one but preferably all of the sensor hub connect confirmation 145, the initial sensor blood detection information 146, the tampon saturation progress 147, the tampon leakage alert 148, the tampon full forecast 149, the tampon full alert 150, the health data log 151 , and the fertility information 152.
  • the information routine may 165 may be accessing and utilizing a well known telephoning feature 175 of the personal communication device 108 in case of which the monitoring information 126 is a telephone forwarded information 186 such as a well known digital data stream to a remote third party device 187.
  • the telephoning feature 175 may rely on a telephone network and/or a well known WifiTM network.
  • the telephone forwarded information 186 may be transmitted over a telephone connection and/or an internet connection.
  • the information routine 165 may be accessing a user interface 172, 173, 174 of the personal communication device 108.
  • the accessed and utilized user interface 173 may be a well known vibrator 173 in case of which the monitoring information is provided as a distinctive vibration pattern 183. That way, the user 144 may be most discretely informed.
  • the accessed and utilized user interface 173 may be a well known sound device
  • the accessed and utilized user interface 172 such as a speaker in case of which the monitoring information is provided as a distinctive sound pattern 182.
  • the 173 may be a well known screen 174 in case of which the monitoring information is provided as a distinctive visual pattern 184.
  • the visual pattern 184 may be a blinking screen, abstract color patterns, graphic or pictorial content or any combination thereof.
  • the distinctive visual pattern 184 may be also a text 186.
  • the tampon monitoring software application 104 may be provided as a data package available via an internet connection and/or a telephone connection of the personal communication device 108.
  • a new Tampon 132 may be vaginally inserted by a user 144 and the wired connection 142 established with tampon sensor hub 116, while the software application 104 has readied the cell phone 108 to receive the wireless tampon signal 123.
  • a new tampon sensor hub 116 is utilized, a corresponding decryption code 161 is entered by the user 144 into the cell phone 108.
  • the hub processor 117 sends out a connect confirmation signal S145 that receives the initial time stamp Tl preferably in the cell phone 108.
  • time stamping is provided by the hub processor 117.
  • the processing algorithm 164 may issue the connect confirmation 145 such that the user 144 knows that the tampon monitoring system 100 is properly working.
  • the sensor hub 116 Following the connect confirmation signal S145, at preferably periodic intervals PS are sent by the sensor hub 116 a number of wireless tampon signals 123. Sending at periodic intervals PS preserves battery power of the sensor hub 116 as may be well appreciated by anyone skilled in the art.
  • the cell phone 108 may be put into receive mode at those periodic intervals PS.
  • the initial blood detection message 146 may be issued.
  • a number of wireless tampon signals 123 may be processed by the application software 104 preferably into a saturation progression curve S147 and the corresponding saturation progress information 147 may be issued. From the steepness of the saturation progression curve S147 and/or gain between consecutive wireless tampon signals 123, the processing algorithm 164 may process also the tampon full forecast 149.
  • the tampon sensor 120 may feature at the peripheral end of the tampon 132 a leakage and full detection loop 137 that is in close proximity to the tampon's 132 circumference and that has a distinctive signal signature DS148 such that a tampon leakage along the tampon circumference is detected distinctively from a gradual blood saturation progression 143.
  • the distinctive signal signature DS148 may be a distinctive conductivity gain in the case of the sensor 120 being a electrically resistive sensor 132 as described in the cross referenced applications and as may be clear to anyone skilled in the art.
  • the distinctive leakage signal DS148 occurs at the end of a gradual increase between consecutive wireless tampon signals 123 and the tampon full alert 150 is issued.
  • the distinctive signal signature DS148 occurs at an early stage as shown in Fig. 3B.
  • the processing algorithm 164 may interpret from the previous low number of wireless tampon signals 123 and/or the short time span between initial time stamp Tl the tampon leakage and issue the leakage alert 148.
  • a number of saturation progression curves S147 during menstrual periods PM1 , PM2, PM3 may be logged by the processing algorithm 164 together with menstrual cycle periods CM1 , CM2 between the menstrual periods PM1 , PM2, PM3.
  • amount of menstrual blood as well as blood iron levels from correlated blood conductivity may be processed from the absolute levels of the saturation progression curves S147 as may be well appreciated by anyone skilled in the art.
  • the health data log 151 may be generated by the processing algorithm 164 as well as fertility information 152 including fertility periods PF as may be clear to anyone skilled in the art.
  • the sensor 132 be operated as temperature sensor in case of which the tampon monitoring system 100 may be utilized to automatically detect vaginal temperature changes correlated to the fertility period as may be clear to anyone skilled in the art.
  • the tampon sensor 120 preferably has a string like structural composition, which makes it highly suitable to integrate it within and combine it with the rolled gauze material tampons 132 are commonly made of. Such string like sensor 120 may have a substantially continuous line sensitivity as described in the cross referenced application.
  • the distinctive leakage or full signal DS148 with such a string like sensor 120, it may be assembled within the tampon 132 with a substantially directly between peripheral tampon end 134 and tampon insertion end 133 extending sensor portion 135 that provides a gradual and signal 142 in correspondence with the progressing blood saturation boundary 143. But once the blood saturation boundary 143 reaches the leakage and full detection loop 137, a substantial sensor length gets simultaneously wetted, which results in the distinctive leakage or full signal DS148.
  • tampon leakage where blood runs along the circumference of the tampon 132, a substantial length of sensor string 120 gets simultaneously wetted along the leakage and full detection loop 137 that is in immediate proximity to the tampon's 132 circumference.
  • tampon 132 leakage as well as its upcoming full saturation are reliably detected.
  • Figs. 5 - 8 preferred embodiments with the sensor 120 being a sting like electric resistance blood saturation sensor combined with the wired signal connection 114 in a tampon saturation sensor cable 16 are depicted.
  • the sensor cable 16 features the connector 115, the tampon saturation sensor 120, and the signal transmitting cable 114 in between the connector 115 and the tampon saturation sensor 120.
  • the signal transmitting cable 114 extends substantially outside the fluid absorbing body 111 where it peripherally terminates in a connector 115.
  • the signal transmitting cable 114 features at least two wire strands 1142, 1143, and an insulation 141 that is at least electrically insulating the wire strands 1142, 1143 from each other.
  • the tampon saturation sensor 120 has the first fluid accessible sensor terminal 121 A that is integral part of one of the at least two wire strands 1142 and the second fluid accessible sensor 121 B that is integral part of the one other of the at least two wire strands 1143.
  • the spacer 1221 that extends at least in between the two fluid accessible sensor terminals may be integral part of the insulation 141 as depicted in Fig. 7 or may be a separate entity such as a well known braided fabric 1221 , 1222 braided around one or both sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B as shown in Figs. 5, 6B - 6D, 8. At least one the fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A / 121 B and the spacer 1221 is body fluid accessible while the tampon saturation sensor 120 is inside the fluid absorbing body 111.
  • the spacer 1221 features a fluid responsive electric resistance change such that an electric current may flow between the two fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B across a body fluid saturated portion of the spacer 1221 where the body fluid comes into contact with both fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B.
  • the spacer 1221 may be a central and integral portion of the encapsulating insulation 141 of the signal transmitting cable 114.
  • Sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B may be made fluid accessible by removing peripheral portions of the insulation 141 along the protrusion length 120L. Sufficient body of the insulation 141 may remain to prevent the wire strands 1142, 1143 to separate from the central insulation portion 1221 / 141.
  • One of the fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B may be helically wrapped around one other of the fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B as depicted in the Figs.
  • a peripheral fluid responsive layer 1222 may surround both fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B and the spacer 1221 / 141 at least along a portion of the protrusion length 120L.
  • the peripheral fluid responsive layer 1222 may contribute in confining the fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B.
  • the peripheral fluid responsive layer 1222 may be preferably also from braided fabric which may assist with its somewhat circumferentially propagating fabric strands to circumferentially distribute body fluid into simultaneous contact with both fluid accessible sensor terminals 121A, 121 B.
  • the fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B may be encapsulated at the frontal sensor end 124 in an end stump 129 that may assist in preventing inadvertent penetration of the outer gauze layer by frontal sensor end 124 during use of the tampon 132.
  • the wire strand 1142 may be a core wire strand and the insulation 141 is encompassing the core wire strand 1142 along the length of the signal transmitting cable 114.
  • the core wire strand 1142 is encapsulated by the insulation 141 , no wetness response signal may occur. Only where no insulation 141 is present, the core wire strand 1142 operates as fluid accessible sensor terminal 121 A. This is of particular advantage where the monolithically fabricated tampon saturation sensor cable 16 may be inadvertently exposed to a fluid outside the vagina, as may be the case if the user takes a shower for example.
  • the spacer 1221 is fluid responsive conductive and encompassing the insulation 141 and fluid accessible sensor terminal 121 A.
  • Fluid responsive conductive in context of the present invention means that the spacer 1221 has substantially no conductivity and acts similar as an insulator when dry. Only the portion of the spacer 1221 that is wetted becomes electrically conductive. In the preferred case of menstrual blood and/or other vaginal fluids known for their electric conductive properties being the wetting fluid, conductivity in the wetted portion of the spacer 1221 is provided by the wetting fluid.
  • the spacer 1221 may be of braided fabric that is fluid permeable. The spacer 1221 may be encompassing the insulation 141 thereby providing for a simplified fabrication of the tampon saturation sensor cable 16.
  • the other wire strand 1143 is a wrapped wire strand wrapped around the spacer 1221. Where there is the insulation 141 beneath the wrapped wire strand 1143, no wetness response signal may occur. Where no insulation 141 is present, the wrapped wire strand acts 1143 as fluid accessible sensor terminal 121 B in accordance with the teachings of this invention. In accordance with the teachings of this invention, the fluid accessible sensor terminals 121 A, 121 B are defined as such by being accessible to that portion of a fluid across which an electric wetness response signal current may flow as may be well appreciated by anyone skilled in the art. In addition and as shown in Figs. 6D, a peripheral wrap 1222 may be employed that is encompassing the wrapped wire strand 1143.
  • the peripheral wrap 1222 may be of braided fabric as well as the spacer 1221 and is fluid permeable at least along the tampon saturation sensor 120.
  • the protrusion cross section 120C / 114C of the tampon saturation sensor cable 16 is concentric and preferably substantially continuous along the signal transmitting cable 114 and the tampon saturation sensor 120. Only the encompassing insulation 141 terminates at the rear sensor end 125. In that way, the tampon saturation sensor cable 16 may be conveniently monolithically fabricated.
  • the tampon saturation sensor 120 features a protrusion shape including the protrusion cross section 120C and a protrusion length 120L.
  • the protrusion shape protrudes inside the fluid absorbing body 111 of the tampon 132 in between the fluid access end 112 and the peripheral end 113.
  • the saturation sensor 120 may spatially extend inside the tampon 132 as depicted for example in Fig. 4.
  • such spatial positioning of the sensor 120 inside the tampon 132 may be accomplished by laying out the sensor 120 on the initially flattened gauze with respect to the roll up direction of the gauze either perpendicular for a final spiraling positioning along the circumference as for the leakage detection loop 137, or parallel for a substantial straight positioning 135 in direction towards the tampon's 132 insertion end 133 as may be well appreciated by anyone skilled in the art.
  • the spatial protrusion of the tampon saturation sensor 120 close to and around the circumference of the fluid absorbing body 111 is particularly suitable to respond to tampon leakage, which may cause only slight radial blood saturation of the tampon 132.
  • the small protrusion cross section 120C and thin wire strands 1442, 1443 as well as braided fabrics 1221 , 1222, and soft insulation 141 provide for a very flexible protrusion shape inside the fluid absorbing body 111. This warrants unimpaired user comfort irrespective an extensive protrusion length 120L close to the circumference of the fluid absorbing body 111 in order for the tampon saturation sensor 120 to reliably respond to arbitrary progressions of the blood saturation along and across the fluid absorbing body 111.

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Un tampon dans lequel se trouve un capteur, un hub pour capteur en connexion câblée avec le capteur et en connexion sans fil avec un téléphone mobile fonctionnent conjointement. Un logiciel installé dans le téléphone mobile identifie initialement le hub pour capteur suite au raccordement d'un nouveau tampon, communique avec le hub pour capteur grâce à un port sans fil secondaire du téléphone mobile, traite les signaux reçus et utilise les interfaces utilisateur du téléphone mobile pour informer en toute discrétion l'utilisatrice du tampon et/ou pour transférer téléphoniquement les données du capteur connecté en direction d'un autre dispositif distant. Le capteur est en forme de fil et est entrelacé dans le tampon. L'utilisatrice peut surveiller simplement et en toute discrétion l'état du tampon qu'elle porte et bénéficier de prévisions et d'alertes en temps utile. Grâce à une utilisation suivie, on dispose d'une grande quantité d'informations concernant le cycle menstruel et d'autres questions de santé associées sans avoir à utiliser aucun autre dispositif supplémentaire.
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