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7572250 Absorbent article  
An absorbent product has a fluid permeable top sheet, a fluid impermeable backing sheet, and an absorbent core having an upper side, a bottom side, two longitudinally running sides and two...
7522061 External voiding sensor system  
The disclosure describes an external sensor attached to an undergarment worn by a patient that detects voiding information. The sensor stores the voiding information in a voiding log and transmits...
7465847 Radiopaque marker for a surgical sponge  
A surgical sponge comprises a plurality of radiopaque markers having a high radiographic density and a distinctive, visually recognizable shape. The markers have an x-ray density equivalent to at...
7449614 Absorbent articles including a monitoring system powered by ambient energy  
Electrical monitoring devices may include alarm devices that are designed to assist parents or attendants in identifying a wet diaper condition shortly after the diaper has been soiled. The devices...
7432412 Absorbent article  
An absorbent article having a substantially oblong rectangular absorbent body A composed of a topsheet 2 , a backsheet 3 , and an absorbent core 4 between the topsheet 2 and the backsheet 3...
7399899 Attachment of electronic tags to surgical sponges and implements  
Externally detectable electronic article surveillance markers are attached to surgical implements, such as sponges and surgical instruments, appointed for use in a surgical wound. The attachment...
7333020 Disposable absorbent article system employing sensor for detecting non-nutritive sucking events  
Disclosed is a system, method, and device for detecting non-nutritive sucking events produced by an infant; patterns comprising such events (i.e., rhythmic sucking patterns, or RSPs); and relating...
7329793 Extravascular roller device and method of removing subcutaneous fluid  
A roller device has a handle with two arms extending from one end of a handgrip and a roller which is cylindrical having a surface composed of a spongy material, and two ends having an opening...
7297834 Surgical sponge identification system and method  
A surgical sponge identification system for a set of surgical sponges comprising each sponge in the set having an exterior surface, each sponge bearing on the exterior surface a unique indicium...
7253716 Trackable pills with electronic ID tags  
A medical pill intended for human or animal consumption includes an RF ID tag in or on the pill. The tag will respond to a nearby reader, the tag itself being without a battery or other constant...
7250547 Wetness monitoring system  
The present invention relates to a wetness monitoring system that includes a data collection device that sends wetness measurement data to a central computer that detects changes in wetness...
7241933 System and method for assessing fluid distribution  
A system and method for assessing fluid distribution. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a fluid detection network is used to assess the fluid distribution of a fluid collection article...
7145053 Moisture indicator for a diaper  
A battery operated moisture indicator for selective attachment to an existing diaper worn by a baby, having an audible alarm and having a liquid crystal display bulb, for providing an audible alert...
7002054 Absorbent article having a fever indicator  
A wearable article including a fever indicator disposed on at least a portion of the article for indicating the body temperature of a wearer. The fever indicator may be used in conjunction with a...
7001366 Radiologically trackable surgical sponges  
The apparatus and method is provided that employs a “radiopaque” object to count and account for surgical sponges in an operating room. A radiopaque object is embedded in surgical sponges so...
6982360 Pantyliner for women, in particular for pregnant women  
The invention relates to a pantyliner, in particular for pregnant women, with a liquid-impermeable lower layer and a liquid-permeable covering layer, where a test insert ( 3 ) provided with a test...
6916968 Urine detection system and method  
A urine detection system and method. According to one aspect of the invention, the method includes generating a magnetic field within an effective distance of a potentially wetted area, and...
6791004 Absorbent article with thermal cell actuator  
An absorbent article which includes a thermal cell actuator capable of adding or removing heat to or from at least a portion of the absorbent article to perform a useful function on the article....
6713414 Ion-sensitive, water-dispersible polymers, a method of making same and items using same  
The present invention is directed to ion-sensitive, water-dispersible polymers. The present invention is also directed to a method of making ion-sensitive, water-dispersible polymers and their...
6590135 Sanitary napkin having far-infrared effects  
A sanitary napkin having a far-infrared functional component disposed between a lower bottom layer and a middle water-absorbent layer of the sanitary napkin is provided. The far-infrared functional...
6570053 Disposable article having a proactive sensor  
A disposable article having a sensor that predicts an impending event such as an elimination of bodily waste. The article may also include an actuator that performs a responsive function when the...
6501002 Disposable surface wipe article having a waste contamination sensor  
Disclosed is a disposable surface wipe having a sensor which detects bodily waste contamination on a surface and which provides a signal indicating the presence of such contamination, desirably by...
6479727 Diagnostic panel  
A disposable article is provided that comprises a sensor adapted to detect one or more specific health and/or nutrition markers in the wearer's feces. The article may also signal the caretaker, the...
6464635 Diaper with indicators sensitive to the status of the impregnated urine and visible form outside  
A diaper having indicators incorporated therein for pH, nitrates, bilirubin, ketones, proteins, blood, and urobilinogen. The diaper allows a simple visual examination to obtain information related...
6432097 Disposable absorbent articles having translational operative members  
An absorbent article having a support member comprising a top sheet, a backsheet, or an absorbent core, and a translational operative member for enhancing the capacity for containing bodily waste....
6407308 Disposable article having sensor to detect impending elimination of bodily waste  
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...
6399853 Disposable article having fecal component sensor  
The present invention is directed to a disposable article that comprises a sensor adapted to detect one or more specific health and/or nutrition markers in the wearer's feces. The article may also...
6395955 Diaper including feces modification agent  
An article to be fitted to a wearer including an agent which is available in an effective concentration to physically or chemically modify some or all of the fecal material or other bodily exudates...
6384296 Disposable article having a responsive system including an electrical actuator  
Disposable articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders and/or inserts, training pants, feminine hygiene garments, tampons and the like having a responsive system including an...
6372951 Disposable article having sensor to detect impending elimination of bodily waste  
A disposable article to be fitted to a wearer. The disposable article preferably comprises a sensor operatively connected to the article. The sensor is adapted to detect electrical activity in the...
6366206 Method and apparatus for attaching tags to medical and non-medical devices  
A method and apparatus for attaching one or more transponders to medical and non-medical products to tag respective ones of the products with identifying data contained in a memory of the...
6203496 Apparatus with reagents for detection of medical conditions  
Disclosed is a disposable diaper that has one or more chemical reagents provided in the absorbent region of the diaper, which comes into contact with urine when a patient wearing the diaper...
6160198 Disposable article having a discontinuous responsive system  
Disposable articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders and/or inserts, training pants, feminine hygiene garments, tampons, and the like, having a responsive system. The article...
6149636 Disposable article having proactive sensors  
A disposable article having a sensor that predicts an impending event such as an elimination of bodily waste. The article may also include an actuator that performs a responsive function when the...
5931824 Identification and accountability system for surgical sponges  
An automatic identification system for accounting for and identifying a plurality of surgical sponges used during a surgical procedure. Machine-readable information is located on a plurality of...
5823953 Secretion analysis apparatus and method  
A method and device for distinguishing between yeast infection and other secretion-causing conditions makes use of the observation that secretions caused by yeast infection generally have a pH of...
5792128 Absorbent article having a radiopaque element embedded in a side edge thereof and method for making same  
An absorbent article in the form of a closely-woven single-layered fabric sheet which has incorporated therein an elongated radiopaque thread embedded in multiple folds along at least one edge of...
5725517 Absorbent woven article including radiopaque element woven therein and anchored at the ends thereof  
A woven absorbent article, useful in medical application, including at least one yarn-like radiopaque element extending along the length dimension and fully from one end to the opposite end of the...
5628780 Protective, visible suture sleeve for anchoring transvenous lead bodies  
A suture sleeve for anchoring the lead body of an implantable medical device is fabricated of a biocompatible, polymeric material to which has been added color pigment in clear contrast with the...
5575781 Absorbent article useful in medical applications  
An absorbent article useful in medical applications and particularly useful as a medical sponge. The article includes a multilayered absorbent web material having at least first and second side...
5456718 Apparatus for detecting surgical objects within the human body  
An apparatus and method detects surgical objects within the human body where the apparatus includes the surgical object utilized in surgical procedures including a marker made of a selected...
5437653 Absorbent article having two coapertured layers and a method of making the article  
An absorbent article having two coapertured layers and a method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article includes first and second layers formed from nonwoven materials....
5203767 Laparoscopic surgical gauze and the like  
A surgical gauze for use in combination with a trocar for laparoscopic surgery comprises a unitary body of surgical gauze of a size to fit through a trocar for use in surgical procedures, an...
5190059 Surgical implement detector utilizing a powered marker  
An apparatus for detecting a surgical implement in human or animal tissue has structure for defining a transmitting zone encompassing a surgical wound in the tissue. A battery powered marker is...
5188126 Surgical implement detector utilizing capacitive coupling  
An apparatus for detecting a surgical implement in human or animal tissue comprises a battery powdered marker. The marker is secured to the surgical implement and positioned within a surgical...
5112325 Surgical sponge with plurality of radiopaque monofilaments  
A surgical sponge, particularly of the neurosurgical class, comprising a fibrous web having attached to one surface thereof a locator string comprising a bundle of X-ray detectable monofilaments...
5057095 Surgical implement detector utilizing a resonant marker  
Apparatus for detecting a surgical implement in human or animal tissue comprises a detector responsive to the presence, within an interrogation zone, of a surgical implement to which a marker is...
5049219 Method and apparatus for manufacturing surgical sponges  
A method and apparatus are described for the manufacture of surgical sponges defined by a sponge body with at least a segment of a string, preferably containing a material opaque to x-rays, joined...
5045080 Surgical fabric with printed X-ray marker  
Woven and nonwoven fabrics for use in surgical procedures are printed with a radiopaque polymeric composition which bonds to the surface of the fabric. The composition is applied in a visually...
5041103 Surgical sponge and method of making  
A surgical sponge comprising, a sheet of absorbent material comprising entangled fibers. The sponge has an elongated radiopaque element in the sheet, with the fibers being entangled about the...
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