3m Innovative Properties Company

Kindeva Drug Delivery, L.p.

Thomas J Gilbert

Leigh E Wood

Michael R Berrigan

Stephen M Sanocki

Mark A Peltier

Kristopher K Biegler

William C Unruh

Volker Hauschildt

Andreas Urban

Ryan M Luepke

Bernard A Gonzalez

Scott A Burton

Chin-Yee Ng

Steven J Perron

Larry Allan Schleif

Robert A Harkins

Pieter J Gagnon

Ryan Patrick Simmers

Jia Hu

Neelakandan Chandrasekaran

Sean M Burke

Bernerd A Koch

Michael R Gorman

Hiroshi Sakurai

Jayant Chakravarty

Michael C Molinet

Stanley Rendon

Shou-Lu G Wang

Silvia G B Guttmann

Timothy P Pariseau

Daniel E Johnson

Timothy Diekmann

Ibrahim S Gunes

Peter Kitzer

Anne C Gold

Todd L Nelson

Corey D Voelker

Timothy V Stagg

Stuart L Eynon

Neal C Rothwell

Peter J Bugeja

Patrick J Young

Yoshihisa Matsuda

Scott M Niemi

Shengguang Qi

Xijun Mao

Zhaobin Cheng

Adam A Krzmarzick

Timothy J Diekmann

Bernard G Rolstad

Jerald W Hall

Edwin P Zonneveld

Patterned reflective material

The method includes providing a thermoplastic web having mechanical fastening elements and a nonlinear line of weakness that extends predominantly in a first direction and demarcates nonlinear edges of two sub-webs but does not sever the thermoplastic web. The method further includes severing the thermoplastic web at the nonlinear line of weakness into the two sub-webs and joining the two sub-webs to a carrier to form the laminate. The two sub-webs are separated in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Severing the thermoplastic web and joining the two sub-webs to the carrier are carried out in-line without offsetting the two sub-webs in the first direction.

Method of making a laminate

The present disclosure relates to apparatus, assemblies, combinations, and methods for infusing fluids by hollow microneedles.

Hollow microneedle arrays

The method of making a laminate () includes stretching a thermoplastic layer () so that it plastically deforms, relaxing the plastically deformed thermoplastic layer () to reduce its tensile strain, and subsequently laminating the thermoplastic layer () to a substrate () to make the laminate (). The stretching, relaxing, and laminating are completed in-line. The thermoplastic layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, with the first surface of the thermoplastic layer bearing a plurality of male fastening elements. The second surface of the thermoplastic layer () is laminated to the substrate ().

Method of making a laminate with a stretched thermoplastic layer

Absorbent article including a chassis and fastening tab. The fastening tab includes a carrier, a first fastener having first male fastening elements, and a second fastener. The second fastener includes a backing with first and second opposing surfaces, with second male fastening elements on the first surface. A first portion of the second surface of the backing is connected to the carrier, and a second portion of the second surface of the backing is attached to the topsheet side of the chassis. The carrier is attached to the backsheet side of the chassis. Some fastening laminates, before attachment to the article, have the second portion of the second fastener folded over to face the first portion of the second fastener. Other laminates have the second fastener positioned with its first surface toward the carrier and attached to the carrier with a film.

Absorbent article and fastening laminate

The article includes a thermoplastic layer having opposing first and second side edges and a first surface bearing male fastening elements. The thermoplastic layer is plastically deformed and has a retardance profile having an average retardance along a line from the first edge to a location 500 micrometers from the first edge and a distance from the first edge where 75% of the average retardance is observed of at least 10 micrometers. In some cases, a distance between the first and second side edges is up to 50 millimeters. In some cases, the article is a fastening tab. The method includes providing a thermoplastic film having opposing first and second side edges, with a distance between the opposing side edges of up to 50 millimeters, and stretching the thermoplastic film to form the thermoplastic layer, which is plastically deformed. The first surface of the thermoplastic film bears male fastening elements.

Fastening articles and methods of making the same

A fixing member including a sheet-like base memberand a surface fastenerprovided on the base memberis disclosed. The surface fastenercovers a surface of the base memberat a position separated from a tip endEof the base memberin a wrap-around direction, and minimum bending stiffness of the fixing memberas determined via a bending test using a Gurley tester being 150 mgf or less when measured using a test piece cut from a portion where the surface fasteneris provided. The surface Son the surface fastenerside of the portionon the tip endEside of the surface fastenerof the base memberis a surface with reduced engagement with the surface fastener

Fixing member and absorbent article

A method of making a mechanical fastening strip and a reticulated mechanical fastening strip are disclosed. The method includes providing a backing having upstanding posts; providing interrupted slits through the backing, the interrupted slits being interrupted by at least one intact bridging region; spreading the slit backing to provide multiple strands separated from each other between at least some of the bridging regions to provide at least one opening; and fixing the multiple strands of the backing in a spread configuration. The reticulated mechanical fastening strip includes multiple strands of a backing attached to each other at bridging regions in the backing and separated from each other between the bridging regions to provide openings. Upstanding posts on each of the multiple strands have bases attached to the backing, and each of the multiple strands has a width that is greater than that of the bases of its attached upstanding posts.

Method of making a mechanical fastening strip and reticulated mechanical fastening strip therefrom

A method of making a mechanical fastener. The method includes providing a slit web having mechanical fastening elements, applying tension to the slit web in the machine direction, and spreading the slit web in the cross-machine direction by moving the slit web over a crowned surface to provide a spread mechanical fastening web. The slit web includes a plurality of interrupted slits that are interrupted by intact bridging regions of the web. The crowned surface may be an air bearing, or at least a portion of the crowned surface is a low-friction surface, and the crowned surface and the slit web are not moving at the same speed in the same direction. The crowned surface may be provided with at least one ridge.

Method of making a mechanical fastener using a crowned surface

Systems and methods for delivering microneedles to a patient's skin are described. In one aspect, a system for delivering a microneedle array to a patient's skin surface is provided. The system includes a delivery apparatus with a housing, and an infusion device detachably received in the housing.

Delivery system for hollow microneedle arrays

Mechanical fastener

Mechanical closure element

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Thomas J Gilbert