The Procter Gamble Company

Mikhail K Kruchinin

Donald Carroll Roe

Oleg N Khomjakov

Simon S Litvin

Mattias Schmidt

Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger

Patrick Jay Allen

Peter Coles

Karl Patrick Ronn

Thomas J Osborne, Jr

A disposable article having a sensor that predicts an impending event such as an elimination of bodily waste. The article may also include an actuator that performs a responsive function when the sensor predicts the impending event.

Disposable article having a proactive sensor

Disposable articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders and/or inserts, training pants, feminine hygiene garments, tampons, and the like, having a responsive system. The article includes a sensor that detects an input, an actuator that is adapted to perform a responsive function upon the input, and a feedback control loop in which the actuator is adapted to perform the responsive function upon the input in a discontinuous manner. The responsive system may include an open loop or a closed loop system.

Disposable article having a discontinuous responsive system

Disposable article having proactive sensors

Disposable articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders and/or inserts, training pants, feminine hygiene garments, tampons, and the like, having a responsive system. The article includes a sensor that detects an input, an actuator that is adapted to perform a responsive function upon the input, and a feedback control loop in which the actuator is adapted to perform the responsive function upon the input when the sensor detects the input.

Disposable article having a responsive system including a feedback

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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Mikhail K Kruchinin