Absorbent structure comprising an oil-scavenger component

US9757491B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Robin Lynn McKiernan · Mason, US
• Axel Meyer · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Gabriele Stiehl · Schwalbach, DE
• Carolyn Ann Spitzmueller · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

An absorbent structure comprising absorbent polymer particles supported by a substrate layer and immobilized on this substrate layer by a thermoplastic adhesive material and further comprising a component sorbing oily substances that may migrate from the thermoplastic adhesive material is disclosed. The absorbent structure can be suitably incorporated in a disposable absorbent article.