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Absorbent article comprising water-absorbing material

US8404149B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

Veit Stegmann · Mannheim, DE
Klemens Massonne · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Franz Niklaus Windlin · Heidelberg, DE
Reinhold Schwalm · Monsheim, DE
Dieter Hermeling · Haßloch, DE
Thomas Daniel · Waldsee, DE
Stefan Bruhns · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 11, 2009
Grant date	Mar 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC08J2300/14
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an absorbent structure for use in a diaper for babies and infants, a feminine hygiene article and/or an incontinence article, said absorbent structure comprising a water-absorbing material, the water-absorbing material being obtainable by a process comprising the steps of A) treating a particulate, non-surface-crosslinked, water-absorbing polymer with a mixture comprising an aqueous solvent and at least one salt of a transition metal and B) irradiating the polymer treated according to A) with UV radiation, and to a process for its production.

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