Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated

Cellresin Technologies, LLC

Other

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Conmed Corporation

O&m Haylard, Inc.

O&m Halyard, Inc.

Ali Yahiaoui

Dennis Stein Everhart

Robert Cosmo Di Luccio

Eugene P Goldberg

Wade Bolton May

David John Tyrrell

Susan Carol Paul

Charles Edward Bolian, Ii

Duane Gerard Krzysik

Elizabeth Deibler Gadsby

Gordon Allen Shaw

David Charles Musil

Gunilla Elsa Gillberg-LaForce

Frank Andrew Rosch, Iii

Michael John Faulks

Anthony Stephen Spencer

Pamela Jean Mayberry

Audra Stefanik Wright

Frank Jerrel Akin

David Charles Potts

James W Burns

Karen Marie Menard

Diane Michele Underhill

Jeffrey Michael Hockersmith

Russell Frederick Ross

Arthur Edward Garavaglia

David William Koenig

Willard E Wood

Garry Roland Woltman

Tamara Lee Mace

Jaime Braverman

Jack Nelson Lindon

Craig Farrell Thomaschefsky

Jun Zhang

Roger Bradshaw Quincy, Iii

Franz Aschenbrenner

Oomman Painummoottil Thomas

Candace Dyan Krautkramer

Eric Clayton Steindorf

Debra Jean McDowall

Michael David Powers

Margaret Gwyn Latimer

Michael Allen Daley

Xin Ning

Gabriel Hamman Adam

Priscilla Eng Choo Goh

DooHong Kim

Hue Scott Snowden

SangWook Lee

Joel Brostin

Simon K Poruthoor

Matthew David Young

JunMo Gil

John Gavin MacDonald

Herb F Velazquez

Michael Tod Morman

Bernard H Cohen

Christopher D Batich

Eugenio Go Varona

Corey Thomas Cunningham

Kelly Dean Branham

Fred R Radwanski

Phillip A Schorr

Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet

Brian Joseph Cuevas

Alison Salyer Bagwell

Rae Ellen Syverson

David Lewis Myers

Jeffrey Lawrence McManus

Christopher Cosgrove Creagan

Lei Huang

Kou-Chang Liu

Stephen Avedis Baratian

Connie Lynn Hetzler

Mark G Reichmann

Debra Hartley Durrance

Douglas Robert Hoffman

Peter Michailovich Kobylivker

Eric Edward Lennon

Michael P Mathis

Mary Lucille DeLucia

John Joseph Lassig

Daryl Steven Bell

Joy Francine Jordan

Gregory Todd Sudduth

Steven R Stopper

Renette E Richard

Earl David Brock

Christian Lee Sanders

Melissa Jean Dennis

Eric Scott Kepner

Dean M Wydeven

Leslie Warren Collier, Iv

Nancy Donaldson Kollin

Cheryl A Perkins

Richard L Shick

Jon Edward Tinsley

Jeffrey Jennings Krueger

Kim LaRae Resheski-Wedepohl

Jerald T Jascomb

Improved skin-adhesive compositions for bonding a substrate, such as an absorbent article, to skin are disclosed. More particularly, the skin-adhesive composition has an improved, yet gentle, adhesion to the skin of a user, while maintaining strong, effective bonding to various inanimate, non-skin substrates. In one embodiment, the skin-adhesive composition can provide one or more skin benefit agents to the user. The skin-adhesive composition may be applied to an absorbent article, such as a panty-liner, sanitary napkin, or an incontinence article, for directly adhering the article to the skin of a user.

Absorbent articles containing a multifunctional gel

A coating composition that is incorporated into a facemask to reduce fogging and glare is provided. For example, in one embodiment, the facemask contains a shield or visor formed from a transparent substrate having at least one surface applied with the coating composition of the present disclosure. The coating composition contains a large amount of nanoparticles, desirably greater than 10 wt %.

Anti-fog, anti-glare facemasks

Cyclodextrin compositions, including a hydrophobic carrier and a cyclodextrin complex, are formed and disposed on a variety of substrates using conditions that avoid substantial loss of the complexed compound from the cyclodextrin complex, even where the complexed compound is a gas a common ambient temperatures (e.g. 20&#xb0; C.). Flexographic printing is particularly useful for disposing the cyclodextrin compositions on one or more substrates. Substrates treated with the cyclodextrin complexes are useful for subsequent release of the complexed compound.

Controlled release compositions and methods of using

Disclosed herein is a personal care absorbent article such as a feminine hygiene absorbent personal care article for receiving a body exudate such as menses. The article includes a topsheet layer, a backsheet layer, at least one absorbent core layer positioned between the topsheet layer and the backsheet layer, optionally a pair of wings, and a decolorization means associated with the article for altering the visual appearance and/or physical characteristics of the a body exudate. The use of the decolorization means provides several benefits to the end user including the creation of a visually smaller stain on the top surface of the topsheet layer and a possible reduction in staining of the wearer's apparel should the body exudate leak from or off of the article being worn.

Absorbent articles with improved stain decolorization

A feminine hygiene absorbent personal care article includes a topsheet layer, a backsheet layer, at least one absorbent core layer positioned between the topsheet layer and the backsheet layer and decolorizing agents positioned on at least one decolorizing agent-containing layer, adjacent the article side edges, with the decolorizing agent-containing layer extending laterally beyond the lateral side edges of the absorbent core layer and being noncontinuous over at least a portion of the article in the article transverse direction.

Absorbent articles with decolorizing agents

An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a first major surface which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, and a second major surface disposed distally from the first major surface which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. The article includes an absorbent core positioned between the first major surface and the second major surface. The article also includes at least one heat-activatable expandable structure. The at least one heat-activatable expandable structure is disposed on or below the first major surface. Application of heat to the heat-activatable expandable structure causes the heat-activatable expandable barrier structure to form distinctive designs, barriers and/or channels.

Article with heat-activatable expandable structures

A printed nonwoven web having improved oil crockfastness when an ink composition is applied to an outer surface of the nonwoven is generally disclosed. For example, an ink composition that has improved resistance to rub off of the web, even if the ink composition contacts an oily substance (e.g., baby oil, lotion, etc.), can be printed on a surface of the web. The nonwoven web can be a layer in a laminate having at least a film layer and the nonwoven web layer. For example, the printed laminate can be used as the outercover of an absorbent article.

Substrates having improved ink adhesion and oil crockfastness

An oxidizing anti-microbial treatment and products containing such treatment are described. The treatment involves, in part, preparing a substrate to accept an attachment of charged moieties, and a number of stabilized peroxide compounds on at least part of a surface of said substrate. When microbes, such as bacteria, having a net charge opposite to that of the charged moieties come in close proximity to the treated substrate surface, peroxide molecules from the substrate are activated and released to kill the microbes.

Anti-microbial substrates with peroxide treatment

A disinfectant wet wipe that contains a germicidal solution and a nonwoven web material is provided. The germicidal solution includes a peracid and peroxide, which can act synergistically together to be efficacious against pathogens when exposed thereto. To stabilize the solution over a period of time (e.g., during storage), a variety of aspects of the wipe are selectively controlled in accordance with the present invention. For example, the nonwoven web material used in the wipe is formed from a synthetic polymer and is relatively hydrophobic in nature. Without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that such materials possess a lower reduction potential for peroxides/peracids than cellulosic-based materials. In this manner, significant degradation of the peroxide or peracid contained in the germicidal solution is limited. To improve the wettability of the nonwoven web material, one or more surfactants are also employed in the germicidal solution. Besides improving wettability, the present inventors have surprisingly discovered that certain surfactants may also improve the stability of the solution.

Disinfectant wet wipe

A laminate is generally provided having alcohol repellency properties. In one particular embodiment, the laminate includes a meltblown web bonded to a spunbond web (e.g., a SM laminate, a SMS laminate, a SMMS laminate, etc.). A fluorinated polymeric coating is attached to the surface of the spunbond web (e.g., grafted). The fluorinated polymeric coating comprises a perfluoroalkyl(alkyl) (meth)acrylate monomer polymerized on the surface of the spunbond web via exposure to a low frequency energy source. The perfluoroalkyl(alkyl) (meth)acrylate monomer has a perfluoroalkyl side groups comprising &#x2014;(CF)&#x2014;F, where z is an integer from 1 to 6. The laminate has an alcohol repellency of greater than 80%.

Nonwoven webs having improved barrier properties

Anti-fouling treatments are applied to polymer substrates for preventing bacterial adhesion. The polymer substrate may comprise a medical device, such as a catheter. The treatment generally comprises a polymer layer graft polymerized to the surface of the polymer substrate. An anti-biofilm agent is contained in the polymer layer or applied to the surface. A polymer over-layer is then applied that encapsulates the anti-biofilm agent. The anti-biofilm agent prevents bacterial adhesion through the polymer over-layer.

Endotracheal tubes and other polymer substrates including an anti-fouling treatment

A polymeric substrate primed with a treatment composition to allow better receptivity of an ink composition, and method for making the same, is generally disclosed. More specifically, the polymeric substrate can be a hydrophobic polymeric substrate such as comprising polyolefins, which exhibits better ink adhesion and rub resistance when pretreated with a treatment composition of the present invention.

Treatment of substrates for improving ink adhesion to the substrates

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Roswell, GA, United States of America

Ali Yahiaoui