Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
Patent
1999-08-30
2000-11-07
Cole, Elizabeth M.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
442414, 442409, 428364, 428365, 528343, 528355, 528361, 528491, D04H 100
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061439479
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to fibers, and nonwovens comprising said fibers, comprising a biodegradable copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises at least two randomly repeating monomer units (RRMU) wherein the first RRMU monomer unit has the structure ##STR1## and the second RRMU has the structure ##STR2## wherein at least 50% of the RRMUs have the structure of the first RRMU. The present invention further relates to an absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a biodegradable liquid impervious backsheet comprising the above fibers and/or nonwovens, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet.
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Shelton, J.R., D.E.
Cole Elizabeth M.
Corstanje Brahm J.
Hersko Bart S.
Lewis Len W.
The Procter & Gamble & Company
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