ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A REDUCED VIABILITY OF CANDIDA ALBICANS

• Main Authors: MICHAEL JOHN FAULKS, AUDRA STEFANIK WRIGHT, PAMELA JEAN MAYBERRY, SUSAN CAROL PAUL, FRANK JERREL AKIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.02.2007
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE INCLUDES A VAPOR PERMEABLE BACKSHEET, A LIQUID PERMEABLE TOPSHEETPOSITIONED IN FACING RELATION WITH THE BACKSHEET, AND AN ABSORBENT BODY LOCATED BETWEEN THE BACKSHEET AND THE TOPSHEET WHICH DEFINES MULTIPLE ZONES OF HIGH AIR PERMEABILITY. THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE MAY ALSO INCLUDE A VENTILATION LAYER BETWEEN THE ABSORBENT BODY AND THE BACKSHEET AND A SURGE MANAGEMENT LAYER BETWEEN THE ABSORBENT BODY AND THE TOOPSHEET. THE ARTICLE IMPROVED AIR EXCHANGE WITHIN THE ARTICLE DURING USE. AS A RESULT, THE ARTICLE EXHIBITS SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED LEVELS OF HYDRATION OF THE WEARER''' SSKIN WHEN IN USE WHICH RENDERS THE SKIN LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE VIABILITY OF MICROORGANISMS.(FIG 1)