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US 2022/0323261 A1Published application
Disposable hygienic article with means for diagnostic testing
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorChristopher Nelson
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Abstract
A disposable, wearable article can be used for collecting a sample and performing urinalysis. The article incorporates a test port feature to simplify this function. The test port has a resealable cover that can be used to selectively expose an aperture through the backsheet of the disposable article. The test port is used to position test devices, such as urine test strips to urine collected in the disposable article.
Claims20
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a liquid pervious topsheet having a proximal surface facing toward a user when the article is in use and a distal surface facing away from the user;
- an absorbent material positioned distally from the topsheet and extending across at least a portion of the topsheet distal surface;
- a liquid impervious backsheet positioned distally from the absorbent material and topsheet, the backsheet comprising a through aperture;
- a cover positioned on a surface of the backsheet and selectively covering the backsheet aperture, the cover comprising:
- a base layer overlapping with at least a portion of the backsheet;
- an adhesive layer in a window frame shape around a perimeter of the base layer for adhering the base layer to the surface of the backsheet around a perimeter of the backsheet aperture;
- an outer layer adhered to, and covering, at least a portion of an outer surface of the base layer.
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An absorbent article, comprising:
- a liquid pervious topsheet having a proximal surface facing toward a user when the article is in use and a distal surface facing away from the user;
- an absorbent material positioned distally from the topsheet and extending across at least a portion of the topsheet distal surface;
- a liquid impervious backsheet having a proximal surface and a distal surface and being positioned distally from the absorbent material, the backsheet comprising a through aperture;
- a separation layer covering the backsheet aperture;
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- a cover selectively covering the backsheet aperture and the separation layer.
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An absorbent article, comprising:
- a liquid pervious topsheet having a proximal surface facing toward a user when the article is in use and a distal surface facing away from the user;
- an absorbent material positioned distally from the topsheet and extending across at least a portion of the topsheet distal surface;
- a liquid impervious backsheet having a proximal surface and a distal surface and being positioned distally from the absorbent material, the backsheet comprising a through aperture;
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- a cover selectively covering the backsheet aperture, wherein the cover is adhered to the distal surface of the backsheet with a liquid impervious attachment around a periphery of the backsheet aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.