Fluid-absorbent articles

US8796174B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Matthias Weismantel · Bad Orb, DE
• Rüdiger Funk · Niedernhausen, DE
• Ulrich Schröder · Bischofswerda, DE
• Marco Krüger · Mannheim, DE
• Sylvia Bertha · Bischofswerda, DE
• John Joseph Louden · Manchester, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2014
• Expiry date: May 27, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/530708
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for producing fluid-absorbent cores, comprising mixing a fibrous material and fluid-absorbent polymer particles having low moisture content and low apparent density and pressing the obtained mixture under specific conditions.