Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Stockhausen Gmbh

Avery Dennison Corporation

Avent, Inc.

Stockhaussen, Inc.

Evonik Corporation

Dave Allen Soerens

Vasily Aramovich Topolkaraev

Frederick John Lang

William S Pomplun

Yihua Chang

Franklin M Chen

Pavneet Singh Mumick

Jason Matthew Laumer

David Martin Jackson

Eric Donald Johnson

Cathleen Mae Uttecht

Kenneth Yin Wang

Walter Theodore Schultz

Kim G Schick

Jeffrey Dean Lindsay

James Hongxue Wang

Kelly Dean Branham

Sridhar Ranganathan

Frank Gerald Druecke

Hoa La Wilhelm

WanDuk Lee

Jian Qin

Mark Michael Mleziva

Scott J Smith

Lawrence Howell Sawyer

David Michael Schertz

Tong Sun

Ligia A Rivera

Paige Annette Dellerman

Iqbal Ahmed

John Gavin MacDonald

Andrew Mark Long

Peiguang Zhou

Kaiyuan Yang

Thomas Walter Odorzynski

Duane Girard Uitenbroek

William Grover Reeves

Stanley Roy Kellenberger

Michael Joseph Garvey

Shannon Kathleen Melius

Sohail Malik

Elizabeth Oriel Bradley

Theodore T Tower

Young Ko

David William Koenig

Corey Thomas Cunningham

Neil T Scholl

David Arthur Fell

Michael John Rekoske

Heather Anne Sorebo

David John Tyrrell

Troy Michael Runge

Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet

David Louis Zenker

Nathan John Vogel

Jeffrey James Timm

Christopher Lee Satori

Sharon Linda Greene

Michael William Veith

Andrew Edsel Huntoon

Archel A Ambrosio

John Alexander Werner, Iv

Benjamin Joseph Kruchoski

William Clayton Bunyard

Jin Seong Heo

Thomas Gerard Shannon

Xuedong Song

Jun Zhang

Kenneth John Zwick

Andrew Thomas Baker

Gregory James Wideman

Jason C Cohen

Oomman Painummoottil Thomas

John David Amundson

Davis-Dang H Nhan

Michael Ralph Lostocco

Candace Dyan Krautkramer

Bao Trong Do

Carl Gerard Rippl

Henry Louis Griesbach, Iii

Debra Jean McDowall

Stephen Michael Campbell

Brenda Marie Nelson

Xiaomin Zhang

Ann Marie Przepasniak

Joseph R Feldkamp

Eng-Pi Chang

Douglas Bryan Cole

Douglas Robert Hoffman

Hannong Rhim

Rob David Everett

Lee Delson Wilhelm

Carol A Caldwell

Varunesh Sharma

Rebecca Ann Vongsa

Kazuhiro Takahashi

Thomas Gregory Triebes

Jose Kollakompil Abraham

Kathleen C Engelbrecht

W Clayton Bunyard

Superabsorbent particles having a median size of from about 50 to about 2,000 micrometers and containing nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of from about 10 to about 500 nanometers are provided. The superabsorbent particles exhibit a Vortex Time of about 80 seconds or less.

Nanoporous superabsorbent particles

An absorbent article comprising an absorbent member positioned between a topsheet and a backsheet is provided. The absorbent member contains at least one layer that comprises superabsorbent particles containing nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of from about 10 to about 500 nanometers.

Absorbent article containing nanoporous superabsorbent particles

An absorbent article comprising an absorbent member positioned between a topsheet and a backsheet is provided. The absorbent member contains at least one layer that comprises porous superabsorbent particles, wherein the particles exhibit a relative humidity microclimate of about 67% or less after being exposed to an atmosphere having a temperature of about 23° C. and relative humidity of 80% for a time period of 20 minutes.

Absorbent article having a reduced humidity level

Superabsorbent particles have a median size of from about 50 to about 2,000 micrometers and contain a porous network that includes a plurality of nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of from about 10 to about 500 nanometers, wherein the superabsorbent particles exhibit a Vortex Time of about 80 seconds or less and a free swell gel bed permeability (GBP) of 5 darcys or more, of 10 darcys or more, of 20 darcys or more, of 30 darcys or more, of 60 darcys or more, or of 90 darcys or more. A method for forming such superabsorbent particles includes forming a composition that contains a superabsorbent polymer and a solvent system; contacting the composition with a non-solvent system to initiate formation of the porous network through phase inversion; removing non-solvent from the composition; and surface crosslinking the superabsorbent particles.

There is provided an absorbent system for wound care products having a liquid-absorbing, wound-contacting, lower layer and a more highly absorbent upper layer in liquid communication with said lower layer. Liquid communication may be provided by pores running between the layers. The dressing may include antimicrobial agents, agents to promote healing and other functional agents.

Moisture management for wound care

An antibacterial cleaning composition for hard surfaces is made from a flexible superabsorbent material and an antibacterial agent. The composition can be applied to various liquid and solid surface contaminants, including blood, vomit, fecal matter, urine, glass, food, etc. The composition may be applied to the contaminated hard surface by several methods including pouring, rolling, spraying or foaming. Once cured, the antimicrobial cleaning composition is removed from the surface, taking the contaminant along with it and leaving behind a clean surface.

Method for cleaning hard surfaces

A cleaning article includes a cleaning article sheet comprising a fabric substrate, wherein the fabric substrate includes pores therein, and wherein the fabric substrate has a background moisture percentage by weight, and liquid water disposed substantially and disconnectedly within the pores, wherein the liquid water is at moisture percentage by weight that is 5 to 150 percentage points higher than the background moisture percentage. The nonwoven substrate can include pores formed between and/or within the fibers and can have a background moisture percentage by weight. The substrate can include a treatment to increase the dielectric constant from the dielectric constant of the substrate without the treatment. The moisture of the article can be configured to exhibit a dielectric constant of at least 50% and up to 600% higher than the dielectric constant of the same article with only background moisture.

Low-moisture cloud-making cleaning article

The present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped tissue webs and tissue products made therefrom are soft and strong, such as having a TS7 value less than about 8.0. Moreover, the tissue of the present disclosure also preferably has low TS750 values such as less than about 7.0. Further, while webs prepared according to the present disclosure have low TS7, and in certain embodiments low TS750 values, they are also strong enough to withstand use.

Soft creped tissue

It has now been discovered that the sheet bulk of a tissue web may be increased, with little or no degradation in tensile strength, by forming the web with at least a portion of cellulosic fiber that has been reacted with a water soluble cellulose reactive agent such as a cyanuric halide or a vinyl sulfone and then reacting the fiber with monochloroacetic acid, or salts thereof, in the presence of a caustic.

Tissue having reduced hydrogen bonding

A porous absorbent structure is disclosed which includes absorbent particles and a superabsorbent polymer material having less than about 1000 parts per million residual monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, the superabsorbent polymer material substantially coating the absorbent particles and connecting the particles into a porous network to form the porous absorbent structure.

Composition for forming a porous absorbent structure

The present disclosure relates generally to a tissue product having a creping composition disposed onto at least one surface thereof to increase the softness of the article, while retaining or improving manufacturing efficiency. The tissue products also have a sizing agent that increases the Wet Out time, without negatively impacting softness or machine runability. Preferably the creping composition comprises a cationic component and a film forming component, both of which are preferably water soluble. The cationic component carries a cationic charge that is capable of forming ionic bonds with the negatively charged fibers of the tissue web, thus providing a retention mechanism by which the creping composition is retained on the sheet. The overall retention of the creping composition on the sheet reduces the concentration of the composition in the machine process water, improving machine operability and runability.

Soft creped tissue having slow wet out time

The present disclosure relates generally to a tissue product having a creping composition disposed onto at least one surface thereof to increase the softness of the article, while retaining or improving manufacturing efficiency. Preferably the creping composition comprises a first component that is cationic and a second component that is capable of forming a film. Preferably both the first and second components are water soluble. The first component carries a cationic charge that is capable of forming ionic bonds with the negatively charged fibers of the tissue web, thus providing a retention mechanism by which the creping composition is retained. The overall retention of the creping composition reduces the concentration of the composition in the machine process water, improving machine operability and runability.

Fibrous products are disclosed containing an additive composition. The additive composition, for instance, comprises a water-soluble film forming component, a first water-soluble modifier component and a hydrophobic polymer component. In some aspects, the additive composition further comprises an additional water-soluble modifier component. The additive composition may be incorporated into the fibrous web by being combined with the fibers that are used to form the web. Alternatively, the additive composition may be topically applied to the web after the web has been formed. In one aspect, the additive composition may be applied to the web as a creping adhesive during a creping operation. The additive composition may improve the perceived softness of the web without substantially affecting the absorbency of the web in an adverse manner.

Water-dispersible creping materials

A laminate having health-benefit agents therein is made by particle stabilization within the lamination process. By changing the substrate type (tissue, nonwoven, film) and/or the physical composition and/or attributes of the laminate layers, the release of the health-benefit agents can be controlled. The laminate, sometimes referred to as a liner, may be used in personal absorbent articles such as diapers, feminine pads, bandages, bed pads, and the like.

Article with health-benefit agent delivery system

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Neenah, WI, United States of America

Dave Allen Soerens