SANITARY PAD COMPRISING A WATER-SOLUBLE FORMULATION

• Main Authors: ALENIUS, Karin, ZOREVAND, Katarina, HAGBERG, Daniel, RYTTSÉN, Frida
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.07.2024
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A sanitary pad (1), such as a pantyliner, comprising a fluid permeable topsheet (2) and a backsheet (3), the sanitary pad (1) extending in a longitudinal direction (L) and a transverse direction (T) and having first and second longitudinal side edges (5,6) and a front and a rear edge (7,8), the sanitary pad (1) having a length (l) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) and being measured along a longitudinal centreline (Lc) of the sanitary pad (1) and a maximum width (Wm), as measured in the transverse direction (T), the sanitary pad (1) being made up of a front third (9), a rear third (10) and a central third (11) arranged between the front and the rear third (9,10), as seen in the longitudinal direction (L), the topsheet (2) being provided with a water-soluble formulation applied in a coated zone (12) arranged along the rear edge (8) and the first and the second longitudinal side edges (5,6) in the rear third (10) of the sanitary pad (1) forming a boundary in the rear third (10) delimiting an inner rear zone (13) comprising or consisting of a coated free topsheet area, the inner rear zone (13) extending along the longitudinal centreline (Lc), the coated zone (12) being arranged at a distance from the rear edge (8) and from the first and second longitudinal side edges (5,6) and covers from 25%, optionally from 30% or from 50% of a total surface area of the topsheet (2) in the rear third (10) of the sanitary pad (1).