Patents

Contactless Passive Sensing for Absorbent Articles

U.S. Patent No. 9,278,033 B2

Jose Kollakompil Abraham, Neenah, WI; Joseph Raymond Feldkamp, Appleton, WI; Shawn Jeffery Sullivan, Neenah, WI; Sridhar Ranganathan, Suwanee, GA; and Aster Ellen Kammrath, Neenah, WI. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.

Filed: 11/22/11
Issued: 3/8/16

An absorbent article facilitating sensing the presence of a body exudate in the absorbent article, the article comprising: an absorbent member; a sensor coil disposed on or in the article; and an electrical double-layer capacitor disposed on or in the article and in electrical communication with the sensor coil, wherein the capacitor is in fluid communication with the absorbent member.

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