Microbistatic and deodorizing catamenial and hygienic devices

US4675014A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Scarlet Sustmann · Viersen, DE
• Ingo G. Marini · Lenzing, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1985
• Grant date: Jun 23, 1987
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L15/28
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for absorbing bodily secretions while hindering the generation of odors and growth of microbes comprising applying a fibrous mass having copper cations bound through selected anions, preferably carboxymethyl, the amount of chemically bound copper being between 0.1 and 3% by weight. The fibrous mass can be in the form of a catamenial device, bandage, diaper, shoe liner, or the like.