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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Joseph Raymond Diehl, Hamilton, OH (US);
Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US);
Patrick Jay Allen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Raymond Diehl, Hamilton, OH (US);
Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US);
Patrick Jay Allen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A wearable article comprising a dehydration indicator adapted to measure a urine ionic strength correlated to a specific gravity of the wearer's urine and provide a visible signal when the urine ionic strength reaches a value corresponding to a predetermined threshold of the specific gravity. The wearable article may be a disposable absorbent article. The dehydration indicator may also be comprised in an insert for use with a wearable article. The dehydration indicator may provide qualitative or quantitative information about the ionic strength of the wearer's urine.