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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5922780 | Crosslinked polymers made from 1,3,7-octatriene and like conjugated polyenes Polymers are made from 1,3,7-octatriene or like conjugated polyenes and a crosslinking agent having at least 2 activated double bonds such as ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. These polymers can be used to make absorbent foams that are useful in absorbent a... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5868724 | Non-continuous absorbent cores comprising a porous macrostructure of absorbent gelling particles A non-continuous absorbent core having a plurality of interconnected strands separated by voids. The strands comprises a porous absorbent macrostructure. The porous macrostructure has interconnected absorbent gelling particles that are surface crosslinked... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5851648 | Articles comprising absorbent foams made from high internal phase emulsions useful for acquiring and distributing aqueous fluids Absorbent foams materials that are capable of acquiring and distributing aqueous fluids, especially discharged body fluids such as urine. These absorbent foams combine relatively high capillary absorption pressures and capacity-per-weight properties that ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5795921 | Foams made for high internal phase emulsions useful as absorbent members for catamenial pads Foams capable of absorbing blood and blood-based fluids, especially menses. These absorbent foams have high capillary absorption pressures required of absorbents used in catamenial products, yet have sufficient openness to allow free movement of the insol... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5786395 | Absorbent foams made from high internal phase emulsions useful for acquiring and distributing aqueous fluids Absorbent foams materials that are capable of acquiring and distributing aqueous fluids, especially discharged body fluids such as urine. These absorbent foams combine relatively high capillary absorption pressures and capacity-per-weight properties that ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5767168 | Biodegradable and/or compostable polymers made from conjugated dienes such as isoprene and 2,3-dimethyl-1, 3-butadiene Biodegradable and/or compostable polymers are made from isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene or like conjugated dienes and a crosslinking agent having a cleavable linking group such as ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. These polymers can be used to make abs... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5756112 | Carrier substrate treated with high internal water phase inverse emulsion made with an organopolysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene emulsifier Wet-like cleaning wipes and similar articles that are particularly useful in removing perianal soils. These wipes comprise a carrier substrate such as tissue paper web that is treated with a high internal water phase inverse emulsion made with an organopo... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5744506 | Process for making absorbent foRam materials for aqueAous fluids made from high internal phase emulsions having very high water-to-oil ratios Low density collapsed absorbent foams materials that, upon contact with aqueous fluids, in particular urine, can expand and absorb these fluids. These low density foams typically have an expanded thickness from about 6 to about 10 times the thickness of t... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5713881 | Non-continuous absorbent composites comprising a porous macrostructure of absorbent gelling particles and a substrate A non-continuous absorbent composite having a plurality of interconnected strands separated by voids. The strands comprises a porous, absorbent macrostructure and a substrate. The porous macrostructure has interconnected absorbent gelling particles that a... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5652194 | Process for making thin-wet absorbent foam materials for aqueous body fluids Relatively thin, collapsed, i.e. unexpanded, polymeric foam materials that, upon contact with aqueous body fluids, expand and absorb such fluids, are disclosed. A process for consistently obtaining such relatively thin, collapsed polymeric foam materials ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5650222 | Absorbent foam materials for aqueous fluids made from high internal phase emulsions having very high water-to-oil ratios Low density collapsed absorbent foams materials that, upon contact with aqueous fluids, in particular urine, can expand and absorb these fluids. These low density foams typically have an expanded thickness from about 6 to about 10 times the thickness of t... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5607414 | Catamenial absorbent structures having thermally bonded layers for improved handling of menstrual fluids, and their use in catamenial pads having improved fit and comfort Thermally bonded absorbent structures for catamenial products, in particular catamenial pads, that provide improved ability in acquiring, distributing and storing aqueous body fluids, especially menstrual fluids, as well as better fit and comfort for the ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5599335 | Absorbent members for body fluids having good wet integrity and relatively high concentrations of hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer Absorbent members useful in the containment of body fluids such as urine, that have at least one region containing hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer in a concentration of from about 60 to 100% by weight and providing a gel-continuous fluid transportation... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5563179 | Absorbent foams made from high internal phase emulsions useful for acquiring and distributing aqueous fluids Absorbent foams materials that are capable of acquiring and distributing aqueous fluids, especially discharged body fluids such as urine. These absorbent foams combine relatively high capillary absorption pressures and capacity-per-weight properties that ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5562646 | Absorbent members for body fluids having good wet integrity and relatively high concentrations of hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer having high porosity Absorbent members useful in the containment of body fluids such as urine, that have at least one region containing hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer in a concentration of from about 60 to 100% by weight and providing a gel-continuous fluid transportation... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5536264 | Absorbent composites comprising a porous macrostructure of absorbent gelling particles and a substrate An absorbent composite having a porous absorbent macrostructure and a substrate. The porous macrostructure has interconnected absorbent gelling particles that are surface crosslinked with cationic, preferably polymeric, amino-epichlorohydrin adducts. Upon... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527560 | Process for making tissue paper treated with nonionic softeners that are biodegradable Tissue papers, in particular pattern densified tissue papers, having an enhanced tactile sense of softness when treated with certain nonionic softeners are disclosed. These nonionic softeners are biodegradable and comprise sorbitan esters, ethoxylated/pro... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525345 | Lotion composition for imparting soft, lubricious feel to tissue paper A lotion composition for imparting a soft, lubricious, lotion-like feel when applied to tissue paper in amounts as low as from about 5 to about 15% by weight. The lotion composition comprises plastic or fluid emollient such as petrolatum, or a mixture of ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5500451 | Use of polyglycerol aliphatic ether emulsifiers in making high internal phase emulsions that can be polymerized to provide absorbent foams A process for preparing high internal phase emulsions (HIPE) that can be polymerized to provide flexible, microporous, open-celled polymeric foam materials capable of absorbing aqueous fluids, especially aqueous body fluids such as urine. The HIPE is prep... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5494731 | Tissue paper treated with nonionic softeners that are biodegradable Tissue papers, in particular pattern densified tissue papers, having an enhanced tactile sense of softness when treated with certain nonionic softeners are disclosed. These nonionic softeners are biodegradable and comprise sorbitan esters, ethoxylated/pro... | 02/27/1996 |
