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Absorbent article with fluid treatment agent

US6350711B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1998
Grant dateFeb 26, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/699
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A personal care absorbent article, such as a sanitary pad or napkin, wound dressing, and the like having an absorbent material treated with a fluid treatment agent, which fluid treatment agent causes red blood cells in a blood-containing fluid to agglomerate or lyse as the fluid passes into and/or through the absorbent article. In accordance with one preferred embodiment, the absorbent material is a porous nonwoven web material.

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