Absorber element of superabsorbent foams having anisotropic swelling behavior

US6245410A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Hans-Joachim Hähnle · Neustadt, DE
• Manfred Walter · Nuremberg, DE
• Jurgen Tropsch · Lichtenfels, DE
• Jens Kremeskotter · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Gunnar Schornick · Neuleiningen, DE
• Thomas Anstock · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/647
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Absorber elements are described of at least one composite material having absorbent elements on a support, in which a plurality of elements of a superabsorbent foam are arranged on at least one support in a grid pattern at distances such that the elements in the swollen state touch at their peripheries.