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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty Ltd, New South Wales, AU;
Peter Curran, New South Wales, AU;
Mehdi Azimi, New South Wales, AU;
Hadi Mashin-Chi, New South Wales, AU;
Peter Aigner, New South Wales, AU;
Juuso Olkkonen, Espoo, FI;
Anna-Marja Aura, Espoo, FI;
Anu Vaari, Espoo, FI;
Antti Nyyssola, Helsinki, FI;
Lisa Hakola, Espoo, FI;
Maria Smolander, Espoo, FI;
FRED BERGMAN HEALTHCARE PTY LTD, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
The invention provides the present invention provides a faecal detection sensor for an absorbent article. The sensor includes a faeces-sensitive material that reacts to the presence of a constituent of faecal matter, wherein the sensor exhibits an electrical property that changes following the reaction of the faeces-sensitive material. In embodiments of the invention the faeces sensitive material is a material that reacts due to the presence of a sulfur-containing compound in faecal matter, such as metallic faeces-sensitive materials, or is a material that reacts with a faecal enzyme and/or other constituents of faecal matter, such as organic faeces-sensitive materials.