ABSORBENT COMPOSITES AND ABSORBENT ARTICLES CONTAINING SAME

• Main Authors: BYERLY, SHANNON KATHLEEN, YARBROUGH, SANDRA MARIE, QIN, JIAN, IWANSKI, DAVID GERARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.05.2002
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: BABY LINEN; 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; HANDKERCHIEFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SHIRTS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; UNDERWEAR; WEARING APPAREL

Reducing leakage in disposable diapers having a relatively high loading of superabsorbent materials requires a proper balancing of three properties of the superabsorbent material: the total absorbent capacity, the resistance to deformation when partially saturated, and the ability to wick fluids awa...