Bodies containing superabsorber polymers, methods of producing such bodies, and the use of such bodies

US6251479A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Firma Carl Freudenberg · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Groitzsch · Hirschberg, DE
• Gerhard Schaut · Radebeul, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L15/60
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Bodies containing superabsorber polymers, having superabsorber polymers bonded together with polymer fibers, wherein at least part of the superabsorber polymers are present as a microporous open-celled foam. The bodies are used for producing diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons and other articles of personal hygiene.