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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1979
Marvin S Towsend, Oxon Hill, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
A disposable article such as a diaper, sanitary napkin, bandage, and the like for absorbing bodily excretions; the article having a quantity of absorbent material placed between the body and a semitransparent water impermeable backsheet wherein the improvement comprises a quantity of saline water indicating material placed in close proximity to both the inner surface of the semitransparent backsheet and the excretion-absorbing material. The saline water indicating material is comprised of a water-insoluble polymeric ion exchanger and a water-insoluble polymeric exchanged-ion indicator in intimate contact with each other. The saline water indicating material may be a particulate composition or a structured material. The saline water indicating material has the three properties of, one, changing color when contacted with urine, perspiration, feces, and other saline bodily excretions; two, not having the exchanged-ion indicator or the ion exchanger leached into the urine, perspiration, feces or other saline excretions thereby not contacting the skin of the body; and, three, the changed color being observable from the outer surface of the semitransparent backsheet. The water insoluble polymeric exchanged-ion indicator component of the saline water indicating material can be a water insoluble polymeric substrate bound acid-base indicator, a water insoluble inherently polymeric acid-base indicator, a water insoluble polymeric substrate bound chelating agent, or water insoluble ion-indicating polymeric ion exchanger.