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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Medline Industries, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Love, Libertyville, IL (US);

David Noskowicz, Spring Grove, IL (US);

Vladimir Anastasov, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/42 (2005.12); A61F 13/0206 (2023.12); A61F 13/53 (2005.12); A61G 7/05 (2005.12); G06K 7/10 (2005.12); A61F 13/00 (2005.12); A61F 13/51 (2005.12); A61F 13/511 (2005.12); A61H 9/00 (2005.12); G01N 27/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/42 (2012.12); A61F 13/0209 (2012.12); A61F 13/53 (2012.12); A61G 7/05 (2012.12); G06K 7/10297 (2012.12); A61F 13/00055 (2012.12); A61F 2013/00944 (2012.12); A61F 2013/424 (2012.12); A61F 2013/51061 (2012.12); A61F 2013/51066 (2012.12); A61F 13/51104 (2012.12); A61F 2013/530007 (2012.12); A61F 2013/530481 (2012.12); A61G 2203/30 (2012.12); A61H 9/0092 (2012.12); A61H 2201/164 (2012.12); A61H 2201/165 (2012.12); A61H 2201/1697 (2012.12); A61H 2201/5058 (2012.12); A61H 2201/5061 (2012.12); A61H 2201/5071 (2012.12); A61H 2201/5082 (2012.12); A61H 2205/10 (2012.12); G01N 27/048 (2012.12); H04Q 2213/13095 (2012.12);
Abstract

An absorbent structure, including a sensor system, can sense and measure the level of wetness contained within the absorbent structure as well as sense and measure environmental conditions. The sensor system may include passive RFID sensors or tags, RFID readers, antenna, a tuning module, a processing module, a memory module and a wireless communication module. The absorbent structure may further include two or more sensors, with a first sensor placed in a first area most likely to first be exposed to liquid and a second sensor spaced apart from the first sensor in an area likely to be exposed to liquid only after the absorbent structure has become more saturated.


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