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A swab applicator is disclosed for use as a vaginal cleansing instrument, or the like. The applicator includes an elongated, generally hollow tubular nozzle, with a compressed swab body of soft, porous and absorbent material generally at the distal end of the nozzle and in fluid communication therew

A swab applicator is disclosed for use as a vaginal cleansing instrument, or the like. The applicator includes an elongated, generally hollow tubular nozzle, with a compressed swab body of soft, porous and absorbent material generally at the distal end of the nozzle and in fluid communication therewith. The swab body is highly expandable when wetted, and retaining means in the form of a plurality of spaced ribs form a cage surrounding the swab body to hold the body in position on the distal end of the nozzle and permit the swab body to expand through slots between the ribs when the swab body is wetted. The swab body has fluid passages therethrough to enhance its wetting by liquid dispensed through the nozzle. The nozzle has teeth on the interior thereof for cutting troughs, during assembly, into the exterior of the swab body beneath the spaced ribs and along which liquid can travel to further enhance wetting of the swab body by liquid dispensed through the nozzle. Further fluid passages are formed through the teeth to lubricate the exterior of the applicator and the interior of the vaginal cavity.

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A swab applicator for use as a vaginal cleansing instrument or the like, an including: (a) an elongated, generally hollow tubular nozzle having an entering and distal end including means on said elongated nozzle and opposite the entering end for attaching the nozzle so as to be in fluid communicatio

A swab applicator for use as a vaginal cleansing instrument or the like, an including: (a) an elongated, generally hollow tubular nozzle having an entering and distal end including means on said elongated nozzle and opposite the entering end for attaching the nozzle so as to be in fluid communication with an appropriate liquid dispenser; (b) a swab body of absorbent, expandable material disposed generally at the distal end of said nozzle and in fluid communication therewith, and (c) a cage providing retaining means for the swab body, said cage disposed within said distal end of the nozzle with the cage having a plurality of generally equally spaced elongated ribs which extend generally in the longitudinal direction of the nozzle and defining a plurality of slots therebetween and through which said swab body can expand when wetted and with the ends of the ribs brought into a smooth rounded end portion at the distal entering end, this rounded end adapted to prevent injury to the vaginal cavity or the like.