Patent classifications
A61F13/51474
Sensor systems comprising anti-choking features
A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article may comprise an absorbent article and a sensor. The absorbent article may comprise a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly. The sensor may be disposed in or on the absorbent article. The sensor may be separable from the absorbent article. A portion of the sensor may have a first dimension and a second dimension, wherein the first dimension is at least 1 inch and the second dimension is at least 2 inches. The sensor may be configured to sense a change in condition within the absorbent article.
Absorbent article
A wing-shaped flap has a front side outline extending outward from a main body, a back side outline which extends outward from the main body and a tip end side outline which connects the front side outline and the back side outline. The tip end side outline includes a tip end side outline front portion extending outward from an end portion of the front side outline and a tip end side outline back portion extending outward from an end portion of the back side outline, and an intersection between the tip end side outline front portion and the tip end side outline back portion forms an outermost side end portion in a width direction of the wing-shaped flap and is located on a front side with respect to a center point of a length between the end portion of the front side outline and the end portion of the back side outline in a longitudinal direction of an absorbent article.
ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A NONWOVEN MATERIAL WITH ANTIMONY-FREE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising a nonwoven material, the nonwoven material comprising PET resin having less than 150 ppm of antimony. One or more layers of cover materials are covering the nonwoven material both on the wearer-facing surface and on the garment-facing surface, such that the nonwoven material does not form a wearer-facing or garment-facing surface of the absorbent article.
ABSORBENT ARTICLE
A disposable diaper has an absorber including. The absorber includes a first region including a center of the absorber, a pair of second regions between the first folding lines and the second folding lines inward of the first folding lines, and a pair of third regions outward of the second folding lines and on the skin contact surface side of the second regions. Outer side edges of the third regions are outward of the first folding lines. The absorbent article includes a first bonded portion in which the first and second regions are bonded, a third bonded portion in which the third regions are bonded with the non-skin surface sheet, and a third non-bonded portion inward of the third bonded portion and outward of the first folding lines. The third non-bonded portion are across the center of the absorbent article in the crotch region.
NON-INVASIVE PRESSURE-MITIGATION APPARATUSES FOR IMPROVING BLOOD FLOW AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Introduced here are apparatuses and systems for mitigating contact pressures applied to a human body by the surface of an object, such as a chair, bed, or table. A pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers whose pressure can be individually varied. When placed between a patient and a contact surface, the pressure-mitigation apparatus can vary the contact pressure on a specific anatomical region of the patient by controllably inflating and/or deflating one or more cell. Moreover, a pressure-mitigation system can be readily integrated into a conventional treatment regimen for a variety of different conditions.
Pressure-mitigating surfaces with inflatable chambers and methods for deploying and controlling the same
Described herein are systems and apparatuses for enhanced comfort through contact pressure reduction. In particular, the systems and apparatuses disclosed herein prevent or otherwise mitigate pressure by actively orienting a patient over an anatomy-specific pressure-mitigating contact surface on which the patient rests. A pressure-mitigating contact portion of the contact surface includes a plurality of independently pressurized chambers configured in a specific geometric pattern that is designed to mitigate contact pressure between a support surface (e.g., bed or chair) and a specific anatomic region of a patient's body when the specific anatomic region of the patient's body is oriented over an epicenter of the geometric pattern. Additionally, a plurality of elevated side support portions and a wedge interconnected on the base material are configured to actively orient the specific anatomic region of the patient's body over the epicenter of the geometric pattern.
ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH LEG GASKETING SYSTEM
Disclosed is an absorbent article comprising a core chassis and a leg gasketing system comprising a pair of wearer facing cuff regions comprising an inner cuff sealing and inner cuff free edge positioned inward from the inner cuff sealing, wherein the inner cuff sealing bonds the cuff material and a topsheet, and an inner cuff elastic element is disposed adjacent the inner cuff free edge; a pair of garment facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending the cuff material over a garment facing side of the core chassis, and a pair of outer cuff elastic elements disposed on wearer facing cuff regions or garment facing cuff regions; and wherein the absorbent article has a Worn Leg Opening (WLO) of from about 300 mm to about 450 mm, a Minimum Leg Opening (MLO) of from about 225 mm to about 300 mm, and a ratio of WLO/MLO of from about 1.5 to about 1.7.
ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHODS OF MAKING
An absorbent article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core sandwiched between said topsheet and backsheet; said core comprising absorbent material that is substantially enclosed by a core wrap, wherein said core wrap comprises a top core wrap layer and a bottom core wrap layer, said core comprising an absorbent-material-deposition zone comprising a first basis weight of absorbent material, and wherein the top core wrap layer and a bottom core wrap layer are joined together at a plurality of discrete bonding regions substantially free of absorbent material; and wherein said core further comprises one or more unfastened regions comprising a second basis weight of absorbent material, and wherein the first basis weight is greater than the second basis weight; wherein the plurality of discrete bonding regions and the one or more unfastened regions are substantially connected to each other with at least a plurality of said discrete bonding regions (B.sub.r) being disposed outboard of a longitudinal centreline (y) of said absorbent core (4) and the discrete bonding regions are positioned such that neighbouring and/or consecutive bonding regions are separated by at least a portion of said absorbent-material-deposition zone along a longitudinal direction running substantially parallel to a longitudinal centreline of said absorbent core.
ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH FUNCTIONAL CORE MATRIX
An absorbent article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core sandwiched between said topsheet and backsheet; said core comprising absorbent material that is substantially enclosed by a core wrap, wherein said core wrap comprises a top core wrap layer and a bottom core wrap layer, said core comprising an absorbent-material-deposition zone comprising a first basis weight of absorbent material, and wherein the top core wrap layer and a bottom core wrap layer are joined together at one or more bonding regions substantially free of absorbent material; and wherein said core further comprises one or more unfastened regions comprising a second basis weight of absorbent material, and wherein the first basis weight is greater than the second basis weight; wherein the one or more bonding regions and the one or more unfastened regions are substantially connected to each other to form an interconnected matrix or shape extending along a longitudinal direction running substantially parallel to a longitudinal centreline of said absorbent core wherein said interconnected matrix or shape is flanked and/or circumscribed by absorbent material of the absorbent-material-deposition zone and the one or more unfastened regions are substantially free of absorbent material such that a ratio of second basis weight to first basis weight is less than 0.25.
ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING SENSORS
A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article may comprise an absorbent article and a sensor. The absorbent article may comprise a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly. The sensor may be disposed in and/or on the absorbent article. The sensor may be separable from the absorbent article. The sensor may be configured to sense a change in condition within the absorbent article.