Absorbent article having a dehydration indicator
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJoseph Raymond Diehl, Donald Carroll Roe, Patrick Jay Allen
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Abstract
A wearable article comprising a dehydration indicator adapted to measure a urine ionic strength correlated to a specific gravity of the wearer's urine and provide a visible signal when the urine ionic strength reaches a value corresponding to a predetermined threshold of the specific gravity. The wearable article may be a disposable absorbent article. The dehydration indicator may also be comprised in an insert for use with a wearable article. The dehydration indicator may provide qualitative or quantitative information about the ionic strength of the wearer's urine.
Claims20
A wearable article comprising:
- a topsheet adapted to fit about a portion of a wearer and receive urine discharged by the wearer;
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- a dehydration indicator disposed on and affixed to a component of the wearable article, the dehydration indicator being adapted to measure a urine ionic strength correlated to a specific gravity of the wearer's urine and provide a visible signal when the urine ionic strength reaches a value corresponding to a predetermined threshold of the specific gravity.
A disposable absorbent article for receiving and containing bodily exudates including urine from a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- an outer cover adapted to fit about a portion of the wearer;
- a fluid permeable topsheet onto and through which the urine is received;
- an absorbent structure disposed adjacent at least a portion of the outer cover;
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- a dehydration indicator adapted to measure a urine ionic strength correlated to a specific gravity of the wearer's urine and provide a visible signal when the urine ionic strength reaches a value corresponding to a predetermined threshold of the specific gravity.
An insert for use with a wearable article, the insert comprising a dehydration indicator adapted to measure a urine ionic strength correlated to a specific gravity of a wearer's urine and provide a visible signal when the urine ionic strength reaches a value corresponding to a predetermined threshold of the specific gravity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.