公开(公告)号：US20250041127A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18608851

申请日：2024-03-18

Applicant: TILKOBLEDE BELGIUM BVBA

Inventor： Benoit van de Sande ,  Bram van de Sande

IPC: A61F13/42 ,  G01N27/22

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor, system and method for detecting or sensing moisture or wetness of an article. Instead of conventional methods for detecting or sensing moisture or wetness of an article such as visual checking which requires constant inspection of the article, and for many articles is not possible, or the use of chemically activated indicators which are generally single use, the present invention uses electrical charge to detect or sense the moisture or wetness of an article. In that way, the present invention aims to provide a reusable way for detecting or sensing moisture or wetness in different articles. The present invention may be used in applications where moisture or wetness changes often.

公开(公告)号：US12201503B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US16671298

申请日：2019-11-01

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company

Inventor： Yi Yuan ,  Paul Thomas Pineda Contreras ,  Yufei Shan ,  Gueltekin Erdem ,  Yibo Fan ,  Ekaterina Ponomarenko

IPC: A61F13/49 ,  A61F13/42 ,  A61F13/15 ,  A61F13/511 ,  A61F13/512 ,  A61F13/531

Abstract: A nonwoven web for an absorbent article is provided. The absorbent article comprises the nonwoven web as a core wrap. A method for producing the absorbent article is also provided. The nonwoven web comprises a first nonwoven layer comprising filament fibers, a second nonwoven layer comprising filaments fibers, a third nonwoven layer comprising staple fibers disposed between the first and second nonwoven layers. A total basis weight of the first and second nonwoven layers is not less than about 10 gsm. The third nonwoven layer has a basis weight no greater than about 4 gsm. The nonwoven web comprises pores, wherein greater than about 80% of the pores have a pore size equal to or smaller than about 40 μm, and wherein less than about 10% of the pores have a pore size equal to or greater than about 45 μm.

公开(公告)号：US12201450B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18027410

申请日：2021-09-20

Applicant: Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty Ltd

Inventor： Peter Curran ,  Michael Spooner

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61F13/42

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of sensors, a system and a method for monitoring incontinence and physiological parameters. The system includes a plurality of electrodes on an absorbent article including an absorbent core to be worn by a wearer being monitored, a device for electrical connection with the electrodes and for monitoring one or more electrical properties of the electrodes indicative of the occurrence of an incontinence event, an oxygen saturation sensor for monitoring the oxygen saturation of the blood of the wearer, and wherein the operation of the oxygen saturation sensor is controlled according to the body position of the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US12178689B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US18386952

申请日：2023-11-03

Applicant: Medline Industries, LP

Inventor： Alyssa Kurt ,  Amanda Roszkowiak ,  Kristy Matus ,  Derrick Roemisch ,  Karolina Blaszczuk ,  Michelle Christiansen ,  Jeremy Stephen Fogel ,  William Bowser ,  Morgan Uridil ,  Cole Fuerste

IPC: A61F13/42 ,  A61F13/513 ,  A61F13/514 ,  A61F13/53

Abstract: A sensor for monitoring wetness in a diaper or other absorbent article includes a housing that attaches to the absorbent article. The sensor may include inner and outer housing portions that capture an edge of the absorbent article between the housings. The sensor may include contacts that electrically connect with a pair of contact strips embedded in the absorbent article. The distance between the embedded strips may vary depending on the size of the absorbent article. The sensor may include multiple pairs of contacts that are spaced apart to match the distance between the contact strips for the variously sized absorbent articles. In this way, depending on the pair of contacts connected to the contact strips, the sensor may indicate the size of the absorbent article. The sensor may have a housing with a cavity and a lid that closes the cavity. The lid may be secured with a latch.

公开(公告)号：US12175967B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US17514027

申请日：2021-10-29

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company

Inventor： Brad S. Hoekzema

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  A61F13/42 ,  A61F13/84 ,  G10L15/08

Abstract: Touch-free, voice-assistant, and/or tracking systems and methods are described for automating inventory generation and tracking of childcare products. In various aspects, the touch-free, voice-assistant, and/or tracking systems and methods comprise receiving, by one or more processors, one or more name values corresponding to one or more children of a childcare program associated with at least one physical childcare location. A childcare product inventory, comprising a childcare product of at least one product type, is generated based on a count of the one or more name values. Child event data is received comprising information related to use of the childcare product. The child event data is based on audible input of a user as received via a voice command interface of a voice-assistant application (app) as implemented on a voice assistance device. The childcare product inventory may be updated based on the child event data.

公开(公告)号：US20240382350A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-21

申请号：US18013887

申请日：2020-06-30

Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag

Inventor： Filip Sillerström ,  Rui Pedro Moreira Correia ,  Nils Erik Johannes Omberg ,  Borja Moises Rojo Perez

IPC: A61F13/42 ,  G01N27/02

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of assessing a degree of saturation of an absorbent hygiene article that includes at least a first and second sensing elements the method including detecting a first value from the first sensing element; and detecting a second value from the second sensing element, at least one of assessing that a degree of saturation of the absorbent hygiene article is substantially zero if the first value does not pass a first threshold and the second value does not pass a second threshold; assessing that a first degree of saturation is present in the absorbent hygiene article if the first value passes the first threshold and the second value does not pass the second threshold; and assessing that a second degree of saturation is present in the absorbent hygiene article if the first value passes the first threshold and the second value passes the second threshold.

公开(公告)号：US12138142B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17723574

申请日：2022-04-19

Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas F. Heil ,  Steven Alan Dixon ,  Laetitia Gazagnes ,  Timothy A. Lane, II ,  David Lance Ribble ,  Varad Narayan Srivastava ,  Charles A. Lachenbruch ,  Michael Scott Hood ,  Charles A. Howell ,  Kirsten M. Emmons

IPC: A61F13/42 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/20 ,  A61G7/05 ,  G06K7/10 ,  A61G7/02

Abstract: A moisture management apparatus monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices. An embodiment of the moisture management apparatus includes a substrate and one or more sensors supported by the substrate. The sensor(s) emit wireless signals indicative of the moisture-related information. A sensor event communication system forwards the sensor signals to another device, such as a notification device. The sensor event communication system may monitor other types of patient events. Portions of the moisture management apparatus and/or the moisture event communication system may be embodied in a patient support apparatus, such as a bed.

公开(公告)号：US12127925B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US16372702

申请日：2019-04-02

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company

Inventor： Kelyn A. Arora ,  John L Hammons ,  Nathan R. Whitely ,  Misael O. Aviles

IPC: A61F13/513 ,  A61F13/15 ,  A61F13/42 ,  A61F13/511 ,  A61F13/512 ,  A61F13/514 ,  A61F13/53 ,  A61F13/84 ,  D04H1/541

CPC classification number: A61F13/51305 ,  A61F13/15764 ,  A61F13/15804 ,  A61F13/51113 ,  A61F13/51121 ,  A61F13/512 ,  A61F13/514 ,  A61F13/53 ,  D04H1/5412 ,  D04H1/5416 ,  A61F2013/15463 ,  A61F2013/15715 ,  A61F2013/15886 ,  A61F2013/422 ,  A61F2013/8497 ,  D04H1/5414

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to webs or topsheets for absorbent articles and methods of making the same. The webs and topsheets include bicomponent fibers having a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has a different hydrophilicity than the second component. The webs and topsheets include a continuous land area and discrete zones of modified surface energy. One of the first and second components forms an outer surface of the fibers in the continuous land area and the other of the components at least partially forms an outer surface of the fibers in the discrete zones of modified surface energy such that the discrete zones of modified surface energy have a different hydrophilicity than the continuous land area.

公开(公告)号：US12127922B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17440828

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: ONTEX BV ,  ONTEX GROUP NV

Inventor： Thomas Heege ,  Ainas Weber ,  Christel Mailinger ,  Manfred Breu ,  Detlef Vollrath ,  Alissa Idelson ,  Christoph Wagner

IPC: A61F13/475 ,  A61F13/15 ,  A61F13/42 ,  A61F13/533 ,  A61F13/536 ,  A61L15/28 ,  A61L15/42 ,  A61L15/60 ,  D04H1/4291 ,  D04H1/54 ,  D04H3/007 ,  D04H3/14 ,  A61F13/531

CPC classification number: A61F13/4756 ,  A61F13/15634 ,  A61F13/15658 ,  A61F13/15707 ,  A61F13/42 ,  A61F13/533 ,  A61F13/536 ,  A61L15/28 ,  A61L15/425 ,  A61L15/60 ,  D04H1/4291 ,  D04H1/54 ,  D04H3/007 ,  D04H3/14 ,  A61F2013/15821 ,  A61F2013/5312

Abstract: A method for making an absorbent article comprising an absorbent core comprising one or more channels, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a first endless moving surface comprising a plurality of molds, each mold comprising a non-porous insert therein, typically said insert having the inverse shape of said channel(s), wherein the molds are in fluid communication with an under-pressure source except for said insert; ii. feeding a first nonwoven web to said first endless moving surface and over one or more said molds; iii. depositing an absorbent material, comprising cellulose fibers and/or superabsorbent polymer particles, over at least a portion of said nonwoven web; iv. removing said absorbent material from areas of the nonwoven web corresponding to said insert; v. applying a second nonwoven web directly or indirectly over the absorbent material, or folding said first nonwoven web, such to sandwich said absorbent material between upper and lower layers of said nonwoven web(s); vi. joining said upper and lower layers together at least in the areas of the nonwoven web(s) corresponding to the insert to form an absorbent core having one or more channels substantially free of absorbent material; vii. optionally joining an acquisition distribution layer to said absorbent core, typically a skin facing surface of said upper layer; viii. optionally laminating said absorbent core and acquisition distribution layer between a liquid pervious topsheet and a liquid impervious backsheet; wherein step vi. comprises the step of selectively applying a first pressure onto the absorbent core, preferably only, in a central portion thereof and a second pressure, preferably only, along peripheral longitudinal side edges thereof miming opposite and parallel to each other and being outboard of said central portion, said central portion corresponding at least to a region of the core comprising said channel(s), and wherein said first and second pressures are successively applied along a machine direction (MD).

公开(公告)号：US20240285444A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18563658

申请日：2022-11-29

Applicant: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD. ,  NOK CORPORATION

Inventor： Azumi TOMINAGA ,  Kyosuke NAKADA

IPC: A61F13/42

CPC classification number: A61F13/42 ,  A61F2013/424

Abstract: Provided is a paper diaper having a structure capable of more reliably sensing a state of a diaper sensor being soaked in liquid. A diaper sensor 100 includes a sheet-shaped wetness detection sensor device 90 having a circuit 60 breakable or damageable when getting wet with liquid. The diaper sensor 100 includes a highly water-permeable sheet 85 forming the surface of the diaper sensor 100 arranged on a user's body surface side, and at least any one of a first water-absorbing sheet 81 interposed between the highly water-permeable sheet 85 and the wetness detection sensor device 90 or a second water-absorbing sheet 83 arranged on the opposite side of the wetness detection sensor device 90 from the highly water-permeable sheet 85 side.