The Procter Gamble Company

University of Michigan

Tana Marie Kirkbride

Pamela Jean Brown

Anne Holland Bruce

Stephanie Tych Craig

Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag

Dean Jeffrey Daniels

Wilfried Maria Kollner

Kathy Suzanne Lynard

Giovanni Carlucci

Andrea Peri

Remo Bellucci

John Lee Hammons

Thomas Ward Osborn, Iii

Kelyn Anne Arora

Timothy Ian Mullane

Marie Brigid O'Reilly

Reginald Edward Crutcher, Ii

Dean Larry DuVal

Edward Paul Carlin

Mark A Burns

Matthias Morand

Bryan Keith Feller

Shirdish Poondru

Clint Adam Morrow

James A Ashton-Miller

Matthew Joseph Macura

Stephanie Niezgoda Moss

Vito Carla

Andrea Pfarr Switzer

Alexzandra Joan Ramachandran

Noble Lester Rye, Ii

John O Delancey

John Matthew Anast

Callida Williams Ludher

Mariangela Caputi

Ali Attari

Carol A Day

Luke Hwang

Marianne Elizabeth Brunner

Wade Monroe Hubbard

Dean Larry Duval

Wade Monroe Hubbard Jr

Wearable uroflowmetry systems having wearable uroflowmeters are disclosed. A disclosed example uroflowmetry system comprises a wearable uroflowmeter including: a funnel portion having an end configured to secure the funnel portion against a person, an outlet opposite the end, and a funnel configured to capture urine excreted by the person when the end is secured against the person, and to direct the captured urine into the outlet; a fluid passage portion having an opening configured to receive the urine from the outlet of the funnel portion, and a fluid channel to pass the received urine along a length of the fluid passage portion; and a measuring portion having a sensor in the fluid channel configured to collect one or more measurements of the urine as the urine passes the sensor, the measurements representative of at least one of a property of the urine, or a flow characteristic of the urine.

Uroflowmetry systems having wearable uroflowmeters, and methods of operating the same

An absorbent article is disclosed. The absorbent article has a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, a wearer-facing surface and an opposing garment-facing surface, a front end region, an opposing back end region, and a central region disposed between the front end region and the back end region. The absorbent article further includes a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a plurality of pre-formed adhesive portions disposed on the garment-facing surface. The absorbent article exhibits a peel force of at least 1.0 N in accordance with the Peel Force test and leaves no residue in accordance with the Adhesive Residue test method.

Adhesive for an absorbent article

An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure is disclosed, wherein the absorbent structure includes a wearer facing core layer including either a heterogeneous mass layer or a fibrous structure comprising a fibrous network, wherein a portion of the topsheet and wearer facing core layer are integrated such that they at least partially reside in the same X-Y plane.

Structure having nodes and struts

An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.

Topsheets integrated with heterogenous mass layer

An folded absorbent sanitary pad having a higher basis weight of superabsorbent polymer in correspondence with the folding lines which helps reducing the risk of side leakage.

Absorbent pads comprising zones of differential absorbent capacity

An absorbent sanitary pad with side flaps having a higher basis weight of superabsorbent polymer in correspondence with the wings end points which helps reducing side leakage.

An folded absorbent sanitary pad having a lower basis weight of superabsorbent polymer in correspondence with the folding lines which helps reducing the stiffness of the article caused by the folding lines.

The method uses a location device and a timing element to determine the location of a protection device at various periods of time. During these periods of time, the human may be participating in a variety of activities and positions.

Method of determining the dynamic location of a protection

Method of determining the dynamic location of a protection device

A method for analyzing the comfort of an actual product on an actual body by use of a virtual product model and virtual body model to calculate a comfort indicator. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a virtual body model; (b) providing a virtual product model; (c) providing virtual simulation software; (d) gathering data from actual users of an actual product of a type modeled by the virtual product model; (e) running a virtual simulation for the virtual product model worn on the virtual body model; (f) running a virtual simulation for the virtual body model in the absence of the virtual product model; (g) calculating a difference in deformation on the virtual body model between the virtual simulations; and (h) correlating the calculated difference to the gathered data to determine a magnitude difference, the magnitude difference being the comfort indicator.

Method of analysis of comfort for virtual prototyping system

Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, adult incontinence devices, and the like, that have components that are bonded for improved integrity and an unbonded window on their body-facing side for improved acquisition are disclosed. The absorbent articles comprise a topsheet that is fused to an underlying liquid pervious or absorbent layer at a plurality of individual bonded areas. The absorbent articles have an unbonded window that is substantially free of bonded areas, which is surrounded by regions of the absorbent article that contain bonded areas.

Absorbent article having improved integrity and acquisition

Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, adult incontinence devices, and the like, that have components that are bonded for improved integrity and an unbonded window on their body-facing side for improved acquisition are disclosed. The absorbent articles comprise a topsheet that is fused to an underlying liquid pervious or absorbent layer at a plurality of individual bonded areas. The absorbent articles have an unbonded window that is substantially free of bonded areas, which is surrounded by region of the absorbent article that contain bonded areas.

Surface pattern for a disposable absorbent article

Surface pattern for disposable absorbent article

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Tana Marie Kirkbride