ELASTOMERIC ABSORBENT STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: KETAN NARENDRA SHAH, SRIRAM PADMANABHAN ANJUR, ANTHONY JOHN WISNESKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.10.2001
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BRAIDING; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; COTTON-WOOL; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TRIMMINGS; WADDING

DISCLOSED IS AN ELASTOMERIC ABSORBENT STRUCTURE (16) CONTAINING WETTABLE STAPLE FIBER AND THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERIC FIBER. THE ELASTOMERIC ABSORBENT STRUCTURE (16) EXHIBITS IMPROVED ELASTIC PROPERTIES AS COMPARED TO AN OTHERWISE ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL ABSORBENT STRUCTURE WITHOUT ANY THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERIC FIBER. ALSO DISCLOSED JS A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT (11) CONTAINING SUCH AN ELASTOMERIC ABSORBENT STRUCTURE (16).(FIG 1)