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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Evgeny Ter-Ovanesyan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donald C. Roe, West Chester, OH (US);
Peter Coles, Kriftel, DE;
Colin D. Rudolph, Wyoming, OH (US);
Keith B. McConnell, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/342 ; A61F 1/344 ; A61F 1/315 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/342 ; A61F 1/344 ; A61F 1/315 ;
Abstract
A disposable article to be fitted to a wearer. The disposable article preferably comprises a sensor operatively connected to the article. The sensor is adapted to detect electrical activity in the wearer's smooth colonic muscles, abdominal muscles or the muscles surrounding the bladder or rectum which correlates to an impending elimination of bodily waste and to provide a signal to the wearer, a caregiver or an element of the article of the impending event.