Superabsorbent material and absorbent articles containing said material
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGiovanni Carlucci, Antonella Pesce, Adelia Alessandra Tordone, Maurizio Tamburro
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of absorbent articles for personal hygiene. Specifically, the present invention provides a superabsorbent material having improved absorbency of complex fluids, such as body fluids like menses. Preferred absorbent articles for personal hygiene in the context of the present invention are feminine care absorbent articles.
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Superabsorbent material comprising multicomponent particles, said multicomponent particles being constituted of water-swellable, acidic superabsorbent resin particles having at least one microdomain on their surface,
- wherein said at least one microdomain is constituted by at least one gel-forming polysaccharide and said at least one microdomain has an average diameter ranging from about 1 nm to about 200 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.