The Procter Gamble Company

Vincenzo D'Acchioli

Gianfranco Palumbo

Mattias Schmidt

Peter Coles

Donald Carroll Roe

Fabio Cinelli

Yuko Tanaka

Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay

A body fluid management device used with an absorbent article is disclosed. The body fluid management device has a body facing surface and an opposite surface facing the absorbent article when used with the absorbent article. The body fluid management device comprises a first attachment means provided on the body facing surface for attachment to the body of the wearer to cover the genitalia area of the wearer and an acquisition layer disposed between the body facing surface and the opposite surface. At least a portion of the body facing surface is fluid pervious and at least a portion of the opposite surface is fluid pervious such that fluid passes through the body fluid management device from the body facing surface toward the opposite surface.

Body fluid management device used with absorbent article

The present invention relates to a diapering system () suitable for the collection of urine and faeces. Claimed and described is a diapering system comprising one human waste collection bag integral with one absorbent component (preferably a diaper like absorbent component) located outside of or adjacent to the collection bag.

Diapering system: diaper and integral collector

A disposable urine management device including a bag having an aperture which is surrounded by an adhesively-faced flange for releasable attachment to the uro-genital area of the wearer. An absorbent material is contained within the bag.

Disposable urine collector

The present invention relates to a disposable menstrual fluid management device ( ) including a bag ( ) having an aperture ( ) that is surrounded by an adhesively-faced flange ( ) for releasable attachment to the uro-genital area of the wearer. An absorbent material ( ) is contained within the bag. The device ( ) effectively absorbs menstrual fluids while being comfortable and discrete to wear.

Container for the collection of menstrual flow

An absorbent article which includes a topsheet including a primary aperture for receiving fecal waste, a backsheet joined with at least a portion of the topsheet, an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and the backsheet, and a spacing member disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The spacing member provides a void space into which feces can be directed. The absorbent article preferably also includes a body adhering composition disposed about at least a portion of the primary aperture for adhering the topsheet of the absorbent article to the wearer during use.

Absorbent article with improved feces containment characteristics

The present invention relates to faecal management devices for babies, children or adults, to be adhesively attached in a releasable manner to the perianal area of the wearer, said devices being particularly easy to put in place and particularly easy to detach after use. Claimed and described is a fecal management device ( ) comprising a bag ( ), said bag ( ) having an aperture ( ) and a flange ( ) surrounding said aperture ( ) said flange ( ) having a wearer facing portion ( ) and a garment facing portion ( ), wherein said wearer facing portion ( ) comprises a layer of adhesive ( ) for releasable attachment to the perianal area of a wearer, characterized in that said flange ( ) is provided with at least two non-adhesive lobes, i.e. one or more placement lobes ( ) or one or more detachment lobes ( ) or a combination thereof.

Easy to place and detach adhesive faecal management collector

The present invention relates to a female adult urine management device ( ) designed to provide improved body fit between the flange and the skin of the wearer and thereby prevent leakage. The urine management device ( ) comprises a bag ( ) having an aperture ( ), and a flange ( ), which surrounds the aperture ( ). The flange ( ) provides for adhesive attachement to the uro-genital area of the wearer. In particular, the rear portion ( ) of the flange comprises a projection ( ), which provides an effective seal between the flange ( ) and the skin of the wearer and prevents leakage to the urinary tract. In particular the device ( ) fits snugly between the labia and the anus and thereby improves sealing. In another aspect of the present invention, projection acts as a application to assist in the easy and correct positioning of the device.

Shaped flange for a urine collector

A method for collecting and disposing of urine and fecal excrement from an individual. The method is the simultaneous and independent use of a disposable urine management device and a disposable fecal management device. The disposable urine management device is independently applied in a releasable manner to the uro-genital area of the individual while the disposable fecal management device is independently applied in a releasable manner to the perineal area of the individual.

Method for collecting and disposing of human waste

This invention relates to a urine management device ( ) comprising a bag ( ) and a flange ( ). The flange ( ) comprises adhesive ( ) used to attach the device ( ) to the uro-genital area of the wearer. The invention resides principally in providing an optimised shape of the aperture ( ) of said device ( ). One preferred embodiment of the invention is an aperture ( ) whose contour is defined by one ellipse in the longitudinal direction, the longitudinal diameter of said ellipse being 2.25 times greater than the transversal diameter.

Adhesive urine collector with optimal aperture

A faecal management device having a flange or abutting the perianal region of a wearer. The flange has an aperture therethrough. The aperture has a contour defined by two mutually perpendicularly oriented ellipses.

Adhesive faecal collector with optimal aperture

A faecal management device. The device has a bag. The bag has an aperture defining a plane and allowing the entry of faecal material. The bag is constructed of two pieces of material joined at a seam, which may lie in a plane parallel that of the aperture. This two-piece construction advantageously allows for a bag geometry which is not long or narrow, thus providing increased comfort for the active wearer.

Faecal collector with optimally shaped bag

The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for providing fluid distribution materials with improved wicking properties in a preferential fluid distribution direction. Such fluid distribution materials are particularly useful in absorbent core structures such as used in disposable absorbent articles like baby diapers, incontinence products or catamenial products. The invention is concerned with applying a special mechanical treatment to distribution materials, by which the softness and the fluid handling properties of the materials are improved.

Method for making fluid distribution materials

A device for collecting body waste. The device has a bag with an aperture to allow entry of body waste. A flange permits the device to be attached to the body of a wearer. Upstanding from the flange is a projection for sealing against the body of the wearer. The projection is resiliently deformable to promote comfort and better sealing.

Shaped skin attachment means for a faecal collector

The present invention relates to the selection of materials which are particularly useful as fluid distribution material for being used in disposable absorbent articles by being characterized in that they have a wicking time of less than 120 seconds and a cumulative flux of more than 0.075 grams/cm2/second for said preferential fluid distribution direction at 12.4 cm height, when applying the Vertical Wicking Test. A further useful selection criteria for such materials is a non-isotropic fluid distribution behavior, expressed in that the wicking time in the preferential distribution direction is less than 80% of the wicking time of perpendicular direction at 8.3 cm height, when applying the same test.

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Kelkheim am Taunus, Germany

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