Menses specific absorbent systems

US7687681B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert C. Di Luccio · Wilmington, US
• Michael Allen Daley · Alpharetta, US
• David Charles Potts · Dunwoody, US
• Gregory Marc Lefkowitz · Atlanta, US
• Jack Nelson Lindon · Alpharetta, US
• David M. Jackson · Roswell, US
• Matthew David Young · Groton, US
• Cheryl Ann Mocadlo · New London, US
• Candace Dyan Krautkramer · Neenah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A personal care absorbent article such as a disposable diaper, sanitary pad or tampon, wound dressing or bandage which includes a nonwoven web material made from a plurality of polymeric fibers having at least one treatment chemistry suitable for modifying at least one characteristic of a high viscoelasticity fluid upon contact with the high viscoelasticity fluid. In accordance with one particularly preferred embodiment, the treatment chemistry is suitable for immobilizing the high viscoelasticity fluid within the nonwoven web material.