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US 7,402,722 B2Granted
Absorbent article
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonna Rene Hill, Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Catherine Cornick Davis
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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonna Rene Hill, Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Catherine Cornick Davis
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An absorbent article has an absorbent material and an outer surface including an inhibitor which is partially bound to the absorbent material and substantially inhibits the colonization of bacteria within the absorbent article. An absorbent article has an absorbent material. The absorbent material has an outer surface. The absorbent article includes a pre-toxin limiting agent which is partially bound to the absorbent material and substantially retards the production of bacteria-produced toxins by the bacteria residing within the absorbent article. An absorbent article has an absorbent material. The absorbent material has an outer surface. The absorbent article includes a toxin enclosing agent. The toxin enclosing agent substantially inhibits the migration of toxin outwardly from within the absorbent article towards the outer surface of the absorbent article.
An absorbent article comprising an absorbent material, said absorbent material comprising a biostatic agent and an inhibitor, wherein said biostatic agent is at least partially bound to the absorbent material and substantially inhibits the growth of bacteria within the absorbent article and wherein said inhibitor is at least partially bound to the absorbent material and substantially inhibits the growth of bacteria within the absorbent article.
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