MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641022336 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 25, for 'vemi a multi size sanitary napkin vending machine with qr code based digital payment system.'
Inventor(s) include Thanmai. V; Dr. B. Mugilan; and Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The sma11 sanitary napkin vending machine described in this intervention was created to get around the drawbacks of traditional vending machines. Current devices typically only dispense one standard size of sanitary pads and use primitive. challenging coin-based payment methods. Through a display interface, users can choose the desired size and number of sanitary napkins from several compartments that hold varying sizes of napkins. The chosen napkin is automatically dispensed after payment is made using a digital payment method based on QR codes. This intervention is appropriate for women in many sectors since it enhances accessibility, hygiene, convenience, and user comfort."
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