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CO5090866A1 - ABSORBENT STRUCTURES THAT INCLUDE STORAGE ELEMENTS OF FLUIDS WITH IMPROVED CAPACITY TO UNGROUND DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS OF ELEVATED FLOW - Google Patents

ABSORBENT STRUCTURES THAT INCLUDE STORAGE ELEMENTS OF FLUIDS WITH IMPROVED CAPACITY TO UNGROUND DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS OF ELEVATED FLOW

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CO5090866A1
CO5090866A1 CO99015438A CO99015438A CO5090866A1 CO 5090866 A1 CO5090866 A1 CO 5090866A1 CO 99015438 A CO99015438 A CO 99015438A CO 99015438 A CO99015438 A CO 99015438A CO 5090866 A1 CO5090866 A1 CO 5090866A1
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absorption
capillary
region
elements
region comprises
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CO99015438A
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Spanish (es)
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Gianfranco Palumbo
Mattias Schmidt
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Procter & Gamble
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L15/00Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/15203Properties of the article, e.g. stiffness or absorbency
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/53Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium
    • A61F13/534Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad
    • A61F13/537Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad characterised by a layer facilitating or inhibiting flow in one direction or plane, e.g. a wicking layer
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/53Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium
    • A61F2013/530437Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a part with elevated absorption means
    • A61F2013/530452Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a part with elevated absorption means having chemically-stiffened fibres
    • A61F2013/530459Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a part with elevated absorption means having chemically-stiffened fibres being curled
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/53Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium
    • A61F2013/530437Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a part with elevated absorption means
    • A61F2013/530452Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a part with elevated absorption means having chemically-stiffened fibres
    • A61F2013/530467Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a part with elevated absorption means having chemically-stiffened fibres being twisted
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/15Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
    • A61F13/53Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium
    • A61F2013/530802Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium characterized by the foam or sponge other than superabsorbent
    • A61F2013/53081Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium characterized by the foam or sponge other than superabsorbent with special pore dimension or arrangement
    • A61F2013/530817Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium characterized by the foam or sponge other than superabsorbent with special pore dimension or arrangement being open cells

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  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Absorbent Articles And Supports Therefor (AREA)
  • Solid-Sorbent Or Filter-Aiding Compositions (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)

Abstract

La presente invención se refiere a estructuras absorbentes para su uso en artículos absorbentes, que comprenden una primera región para captación/distribución de fluidos y una segunda región para almacenamiento de fluidos. La primera región comprende materiales que pueden tener una presión de desorción capilar relativamente alta, mientras que la segunda región comprende materiales o elementos que exhiben una presión de absorción capilar suficientemente alta de modo de drenar aún eficientemente la primera región. De este modo, la primera región comprende material que tiene un flujo acumulativo de más de 0,075 g/cm2/seg a 12,4 cm de altura, y/o un tiempo de escurrimiento de menos de 120 segundos a esa altura, y la segunda región comprende material que cumple por lo menos con uno de los requisitos siguientes: (a) una capacidad de absorción a 35 cm de por lo menos 15 g/g en el ensayo de sorción capilar; y/o (b) una capacidad de absorción a 0 cm de por lo menos 15 g/g en el ensayo de sorción capilar, y una eficiencia de absorción a 40 cm de por lo menos 55%; y/o(c) una Altura de Sorción Absorción Capilar, al 50% de su capacidad y a 0 cm de altura de absorción (CSAH 50), de por lo menos 35 cm en el ensayo de sorción capilar. <EMI FILE="99015438_1" ID="1" IMF=JPEG >The present invention relates to absorbent structures for use in absorbent articles, which comprise a first region for fluid collection / distribution and a second region for fluid storage. The first region comprises materials that can have a relatively high capillary desorption pressure, while the second region comprises materials or elements that exhibit a sufficiently high capillary absorption pressure so as to still efficiently drain the first region. Thus, the first region comprises material that has a cumulative flow of more than 0.075 g / cm2 / sec at 12.4 cm high, and / or a runoff time of less than 120 seconds at that height, and the second region comprises material that meets at least one of the following requirements: (a) an absorption capacity at 35 cm of at least 15 g / g in the capillary sorption test; and / or (b) an absorption capacity at 0 cm of at least 15 g / g in the capillary sorption test, and an absorption efficiency at 40 cm of at least 55%; and / or (c) a Capillary Absorption Absorption Height, at 50% capacity and 0 cm absorption height (CSAH 50), of at least 35 cm in the capillary sorption assay. <EMI FILE = "99015438_1" ID = "1" MFI = JPEG>

CO99015438A 1998-03-13 1999-03-12 ABSORBENT STRUCTURES THAT INCLUDE STORAGE ELEMENTS OF FLUIDS WITH IMPROVED CAPACITY TO UNGROUND DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS OF ELEVATED FLOW CO5090866A1 (en)

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PCT/US1998/005043 WO1999045878A1 (en) 1998-03-13 1998-03-13 Absorbent structures comprising fluid storage members with improved ability to dewater high flux distribution members

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EP (1) EP1061877A1 (en)
JP (1) JP2002505911A (en)
KR (1) KR20010041808A (en)
CN (1) CN1292669A (en)
AR (1) AR018157A1 (en)
AU (1) AU6556198A (en)
BR (1) BR9815731A (en)
CA (1) CA2322566A1 (en)
CO (1) CO5090866A1 (en)
CZ (1) CZ20003200A3 (en)
HU (1) HUP0102906A3 (en)
IL (1) IL138232A0 (en)
MX (1) MXPA00008960A (en)
PE (1) PE20000535A1 (en)
TR (1) TR200002637T2 (en)
TW (1) TW401292B (en)
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