Abstract:
Antimicrobial cleansing compositions are disclosed. The cleansing compositions include thin liquid/foaming compositions and gels. The antimicrobial cleansing compositions are effective antimicrobials and safe for everyday use.
Abstract:
Compositions having durable antimicrobial activity are disclosed herein. The durable antimicrobial compositions include a carbonate/bicarbonate salt of a quaternary ammonium cation, an organic acid, hydrogen peroxide, a surfactant, and a cationic polymer. The cationic polymer includes either a (3-acrylamidopropyl)trimethylammonium chloride monomer or a [2-(acrylolyoxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride monomer. The cationic polymer also includes another monomer selected from a polar, water-soluble monomer, a hydrophobic, silicone-containing monomer or mixtures of both types of monomers in combination with one of the trimethylammonium chloride monomers. The surfactant is selected from cationic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and combinations thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compositions having durable antimicrobial activity. The compositions include a carbonate/bicarbonate salt of a quaternary ammonium cation, an organic acid, hydrogen peroxide and a polymer. The polymer is selected from cationic amine polymer-epichlorohydrin adduct, cationic amine polymer-epichlorohydrin resin, poly(methacrylamidopropyitnmethylarnmonium) chloride, poly(bis(2- chloroethyl)ether-alt-1,3-bis(dimethylamino)propyl)urea, poly(dialiyidirnethylammonium) chloride, poly(t-butyl acrylate co-ethyl acrylate comethacrylic acid), polyethylene oxide, polyquaternium-16, polyquaternium-22, polyquaternium-67 and mixtures thereof.
Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to wet wipes having liquid wipe compositions that including an anti-adhesion component that reduces sheet-to- sheet adhesion, improves the stack height, increases flexibility and maintains strength in the wet wipe. The liquid wipe compositions include an organopolysiloxane having the following structure:(I) wherein p + q = 0 to 2000, R1 is independently selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group or hydroxyl group, and R2 and R3 are independently selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a hydroxyl group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in amine, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in polyether, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in quaternary, and a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in polyampholyte.
Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to personal care compositions and personal care products. More particularly, the disclosure relates to personal care compositions and personal care products that impart perceivable aesthetic benefits of increased softness, quietness and drapability to the skin or hair of a user. To achieve the perceivable aesthetic benefit, a protonated skin aesthetic agent selected from fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty acid derivatives, fatty alcohol derivatives, and/or combinations thereof, may be incorporated into the personal care compositions and personal care products. To produce the liquid composition, a deprotonated skin aesthetic agent is first provided. The deprotonated skin aesthetic agent is added to an aqueous liquid solution. The aqueous liquid solution is then acidified with an acidifying agent to protonate the deprotonated skin aesthetic agent. Finally, the aqueous liquid solution is incorporated onto a wipe substrate.
Abstract:
Improved skin-adhesive compositions for bonding a substrate, such as an absorbent article, to skin are disclosed. More particularly, the skin-adhesive composition has an improved, yet gentle, adhesion to the skin of a user, while maintaining strong, effective bonding to various inanimate, non-skin substrates. In one embodiment, the skin-adhesive composition can provide one or more skin benefit agents to the user. The skin-adhesive composition may applied to an absorbent article, such as a panty-liner, sanitary napkin, or an incontinence article, for directly adhering the article to the skin of a user.
Abstract:
A clothing sufficiency indication system is presented for use in conjunction with a disposable absorbent article. The system includes a microclimate sensor adapted to be disposed on the disposable absorbent article, the microclimate sensor including a microclimate temperature sensing portion adapted to sense a microclimate temperature, wherein the clothing sufficiency indication system is adapted to generate a clothing sufficiency indication based on the microclimate temperature. Also presented is a method for determining the clothing sufficiency of a subject including providing a clothing sufficiency indication system including a microclimate sensor for measuring a microclimate temperature within clothing of the subject, translating the microclimate temperature into a clothing sufficiency recommendation, and communicating the clothing sufficiency recommendation to a caregiver.
Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to wipes comprising a fibrous sheet material and beads embedded within the interior of the fibrous sheet material. The beads comprise an active agent and an encapsulation material that surrounds the active agent. The beads are incorporated into the fibrous sheet material as dehydrated beads. Upon hydration of the beads, such as by contact of the wipe with an aqueous solution, such as water or a wetting solution, the dehydrated beads gradually hydrate, becoming soft and rupturable. Also disclosed are methods for producing the wipes.
Abstract:
A clothing sufficiency indication system is presented for use in conjunction with a disposable absorbent article. The system includes a microclimate sensor adapted to be disposed on the disposable absorbent article, the microclimate sensor including a microclimate temperature sensing portion adapted to sense a microclimate temperature, wherein the clothing sufficiency indication system is adapted to generate a clothing sufficiency indication based on the microclimate temperature. Also presented is a method for determining the clothing sufficiency of a subject including providing a clothing sufficiency indication system including a microclimate sensor for measuring a microclimate temperature within clothing of the subject, translating the microclimate temperature into a clothing sufficiency recommendation, and communicating the clothing sufficiency recommendation to a caregiver.
Abstract:
A disinfectant wet wipe that contains a germicidal solution and a nonwoven web material is provided. The germicidal solution includes a peracid and peroxide, which can act synergistically together to be efficacious against pathogens when exposed thereto. To stabilize the solution over a period of time (e.g., during storage), a variety of aspects of the wipe are selectively controlled in accordance with the present invention. For example, the nonwoven web material used in the wipe is formed from a synthetic polymer and is relatively hydrophobic in nature. Without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that such materials possess a lower reduction potential for peroxides/peracids than cellulosic-based materials. In this manner, significant degradation of the peroxide or peracid contained in the germicidal solution is limited. To improve the wettability of the nonwoven web material, one or more surfactants are also employed in the germicidal solution. Besides improving wettability, the present inventors have surprisingly discovered that certain surfactants may also improve the stability of the solution.