Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

University of Massachusetts

Ronnie Lee Phillips

Xuedong Song

Barry P Markwick

Sarah Strickland Happel

Christopher Matthew Sinotte

Joanna Lynn Klee

Ning Wei

John Ross Adams

Corey Thomas Cunningham

Jeffery Richard Seidling

Stephanie Michelle Martin

Basma A Osman

John Gavin MacDonald

Vincent Martin Rotello

SangWook Lee

JunMo Gil

Andrew J Shapiro

David Malina

John D Mabry

David H Wykes

Oscar Miranda

Chang-Cheng You

Uwe Bunz

Scott S Chapps

Suzanne M Stewart

Susan H Kelly

A color-appearing ink composition includes a surfactant blend of at least two non-ionic surfactants having hydrophilic-lipophilic balance values greater than 10, or a non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value greater than 10 and a charged surfactant. The composition includes one or more water-insoluble leuco dyes, a developer and a desensitizer. The composition may be applied to a substrate to form a sensor.

Water-based wetness-indicating composition and sensor

A diagnostic kit for biomarkers of beneficial vaginal health is described. The kit includes a first detection zone within which a D-lactic acid detection signal is capable of being generated, wherein the presence or quantity of D-lactic acid, is determinable from the D-lactic acid detection signal. The kit further includes a second detection zone within which a hydrogen peroxide detection signal is capable of being generated, wherein the presence or quantity of hydrogen peroxide, is determinable from the hydrogen peroxide detection signal.

Vaginal indicator to detect biomarkers of good health

A dehydration sensor having a stable, printable, buffered-ink composition that enables one to miniaturize the detection zone and permits both buffer and indicator dye to be applied in the same area of a detection zone, without need for a conventional, large buffer pad region.

Dehydration sensors having buffered inks

A dehydration sensor having a stable, printable, buffered-ink composition that enables one to miniaturize the detection zone and permits both buffer and indicator dye to be applied in the same area of a detection zone, without need for a conventional, large buffer pad region. The ink composition includes a weak polymeric base as its primary buffering agent.

Dehydration sensors having polymeric base-buffered inks

Package for different single-use articles

A lateral flow assay device for determining the relative ionic strength of urine is described. The device includes a buffering zone having a polyelectrolyte disposed therein, and an indicator zone having a pH indicator non-diffusively immobilized therein, the indicator zone being separate from the buffering zone and positioned adjacent to and in fluid communication with the buffering zone. A detection zone is part of the buffering zone, and has a buffering component comprising a weak polymeric acid and weak polymeric base with a pKa &#x2266;10, and a class of charged polymeric surfactants that are responsive to relative ion concentrations in a sample solution, and a charged pH indicator with a charge opposite to that of the charged polymeric surfactant. The charged polymeric surfactant is soluble in amounts of greater than or equal to about 1% by weight (&#x2267;1 wt. % solute) in water and aqueous solutions of low ionic concentration of &#x2266;0.1 wt. % salts, but insoluble (&#x3c;1 wt. % solute) in aqueous solution of high ionic concentrations of &#x3e;0.1 wt. % salts. The present invention also describes absorbent articles incorporating such an assay device and methods of monitoring dehydration or testing ion strength of a urine sample using such a test format.

Dehydration sensors with ion-responsive and charged polymeric surfactants

Hygiene products tray

Anti-viral tissues are provided with a pH indicator which can communicate to a tissue user by means of visual indicia, via color changes, that the tissue has active ingredients. Furthermore, the pH indicators can be used to illustrate neutralization of the pH of infected nasal discharge, which has a higher pH than healthy nasal discharge, giving the user a reason to believe that the product is working to deactivate virus.

Anti-viral tissue product with visual efficacy indicator

Hygiene products stand

Stand and dispenser for consumable paper products, such as tissues and folded towels

Stand for consumer paper products

Compositions, methods and related apparatus, as can be used for selective pathogen detection and identification.

Methods and compositions for pathogen detection using nanoparticle-fluorescent polymer complexes

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Ronnie Lee Phillips