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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Charles Potts, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Jack Nelson Lindon, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Emmanuelle Cecile Damay, Roswell, GA (US);
Dmitry Yavich, Neenah, WI (US);
Matthew David Young, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/704 ; B32B 2/712 ; B32B 5/02 ; D04H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/704 ; B32B 2/712 ; B32B 5/02 ; D04H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A personal care absorbent article, such as a sanitary pad or napkin, wound dressing, and the like having an absorbent material treated with a fluid treatment agent, which fluid treatment agent causes red blood cells in a blood-containing fluid to agglomerate or lyse as the fluid passes into and/or through the absorbent article. In accordance with one preferred embodiment, the absorbent material is a porous nonwoven web material.