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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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