Disposable article having sensor to detect impending elimination of bodily waste
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald C. Roe, Peter Coles
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Abstract
A disposable article to be fitted to a wearer having an external anal sphincter muscle, the external anal sphincter muscle having a basal electrical activity. The disposable article preferably comprises a sensor or sensor system operatively connected to the article wherein the sensor is adapted to detect changes in the electrical activity of the wearer's external anal sphincter muscle that correlates to an impending elimination of bodily waste and to provide a signal to the wearer, a caregiver or an element of the article notifying the wearer, caregiver or element of the article of the impending event.
Claims37
A disposable article to be fitted to a wearer having a sphincter muscle, the sphincter muscle having a basal electrical activity, the disposable article comprising:
- a sensor operatively connected to the article, the sensor being adapted to detect electrical activity of the wearer's sphincter muscle that correlates to an impending elimination of bodily waste and to provide a signal to the wearer, a caregiver or an element of the article.
A disposable article to be fitted to a wearer having an sphincter muscle, the sphincter muscle having a basal electrical activity, the disposable article comprising:
- a sensor operatively connected to the article, the sensor being adapted to detect an input that correlates to an impending elimination of bodily waste and provide a signal to a portion of the wearer's anatomy, the signal resulting in temporary contraction of the wearer's sphincter muscle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.