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| 20080268405 | Hygiene training device and method - A training device includes a first marking mechanism adapted to deliver a first colorant to a skin surface, wherein the first colorant is adapted to be washed from the skin surface with a cleaner. The training device may also include a second marking mechanism adapted to deliver a second colorant to the skin surface or a faux marking surface adapted to deliver no ink to the skin surface. The training device may be used as part of a method and/or kit for hand hygiene. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090062623 | IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF A PATIENT - Assisting a health care provider in rapidly detecting a possible medical condition in a patient. In an embodiment, a handheld portable device programmed with software instructions is configured to interact with the patient to deduce a list of possible medical conditions. The deduced list of possible medical conditions is provided to a health care provider for diagnosis. Suggested treatment plans may also be provided based on the list of possible medical conditions. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090064028 | DECISION TREE DEVICE AND WEBSITE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - Devices and downloads employing analysis software executed by a processor. Instructions display questions and receive user input to identify a topic. Instructions display questions and receive user input to define circumstances within the identified topic. Instructions present an output information relating to the identified topic as a function of the defined circumstances wherein the output information comprises at least one of a solution, a course of action or a definition of a problem. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090068633 | Hygiene training device and method - A training device for nasal hygiene comprises a facial tissue sheet; where the facial tissue sheet has a first side, and where the facial tissue sheet also has a second side having an opposing planar relationship to the first side. A first-side tissue graphic is visible on the first side of the facial tissue sheet. The first-side tissue graphic comprises a permanent graphic and/or an active graphic. In addition, the first-side tissue graphic is a training mark. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090113600 | HAND-WEAR ARTICLE WITH CUTANEOUS SENSORY ELEMENTS - A hand-wear article heightens the neurosensory response of the skin of the wearer. The article includes a substrate having a skin-facing surface and a plurality of cutaneous sensory elements located on the substrate. The sensory elements are configured to have a sharpness frequency in the range of about 100 Hz to about 1,000 Hz and a height in the range of about 0.1 microns to about 1000 microns. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090118690 | PERSONAL CARE ARTICLE WITH SUBSTRATE SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY FOR EVOKING A NEUROSENSORY SKIN RESPONSE - In a personal care article for contact with human skin, a non-woven substrate of the article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and at least one skin-contact surface. A plurality of surface features is disposed on the at least one skin-contact surface in a sinusoidal wave-form along at least one of the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction of the substrate. The surface features have a height that generally defines an amplitude of the sinusoidal wave-form, and are spaced from each other a spatial distance. This spatial distance is at least in part a function of a movement speed at which the article is to be moved relative to the skin while in contact therewith. In one method of making such a substrate, the movement speed and a temporal frequency are selected and used to determine the spacing between surface features on the skin-contact surface of the substrate. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090156967 | System for evaluating an infant's perception of aroma - 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 said events and/or RSPs to an infant's response to a olfactory sensory input. The frequency and/or amplitude and/or other characteristics of non-nutritive sucking can change in response to such inputs. Accordingly, changes to RSPs offer detectable and measurable indicia of an infant's perception of these inputs. Furthermore, such information may be used to support and/or substantiate marketing communications to consumers; to guide selection and/or management of research-and-development projects; to help choose product designs that elicit RSPs identified as correlating with the well being of an infant; and other such uses. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157477 | System for evaluating an infant's perception of a tactile quality of an article of manufacture - 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 said events and/or RSPs to an infant's perception of a tactile quality, or a physical property corresponding to that tactile quality. The frequency and/or amplitude and/or other characteristics of non-nutritive sucking can change in response to such inputs. Accordingly, changes to RSPs offer detectable and measurable indicia of an infant's perception of these inputs. Furthermore, such information may be used to support and/or substantiate marketing communications to consumers; to guide selection and/or management of research-and-development programs; to help choose product designs that elicit RSPs identified as correlating with the well being of an infant; and other such uses. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090212063 | DISPENSER HAVING DUAL DISPENSING MODES - A wet wipes dispenser including a top having a dispensing orifice, a bottom, and a sidewall. At least one lid for retaining moisture in the wet wipes dispenser and for access to a stack of wet wipes located inside of the wet wipes dispenser. At least one restraining member positioned inside of the wet wipes dispenser to hold the stack of wet wipes within the wet wipes dispenser elevated at a distance, H, from the dispensing orifice when the wet wipes dispenser is inverted. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090325838 | Patterned self-warming wipe substrates - Generally stated, the present disclosure relates to wiping substrates such as wet wipes and dry wipes that include a thermal grill utilized to deliver a warming sensation. In an exemplary aspect, disposed on at least one structural layer of the wipe substrate is a thermal grill. The thermal grill includes an alternating pattern of thermally active areas and secondary areas that provide a feeling of warmth to a user of the wipe across the entire surface of the wipe. The thermally active portions of the wipe include a temperature change substance that when in liquid communication with an activation agent is adapted to provide a temperature change of at least 5° C. from the temperature of the secondary portion. By providing a thermal grill with thermally active portions, the entire wipe gives the user of the wipe a warming sensation. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326409 | Clothing sufficiency indicator - 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. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100016675 | Method of assessing a condition using sucking patterns - A method of assessing a condition includes comparing a sucking pattern for a target infant with a sucking pattern associated with the condition. A method of monitoring progress of a treatment includes comparing the rhythmic sucking percentage for a target infant before treatment for a condition with the rhythmic sucking percentage for the infant after treatment of the condition to assess the effectiveness of the treatment. A method of monitoring progress of a treatment includes using sucking patterns to compare an infant's rate of progress at a given point in time to a population's rate of progress at the same point in time. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100057026 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING A BODILY EXUDATE MODIFYING AGENT AND A SKIN CARE FORMULATION - Absorbent articles having enhanced absorption of bodily exudates are disclosed. The absorbent articles comprise a bodily exudate modifying agent and a skin care formulation. The bodily exudate modifying agent is capable of reducing the viscosity of bodily exudates such as feces and menses. The skin care formulation comprises a bodily exudate modifying agent neutralizer to neutralize the possible negative effects on skin barrier function caused by the bodily exudate modifying agents coming into direct contact with the wearer's skin. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100164733 | Remote Detection Systems For Absorbent Articles - Signaling systems are disclosed that indicate a change in an absorbent article, such as the presence of a body fluid. The various different signaling systems disclosed do not include any conductive elements contained on the interior of the article as were required in the past. Instead, the changes are monitored from the outer cover of the article. In one embodiment, for instance, conductive zones are formed directly into the outer cover for forming the signaling system. Alternatively, a sensor may be mounted to the outer cover of the article for monitoring changes within the article. The sensor may comprise, for instance, a temperature sensor, a conductivity sensor, an optical sensor, a vibration sensor, a humidity sensor, a material expansion sensor, a chemical sensor, or the like. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100211897 | Virtual Room Use Simulator and Room Planning System - A room planning system for simulating the use of products during the performance of an activity in a room space is disclosed. The system includes a virtual room space comprising a virtual representation of an actual room space, an environment database having a collection of environment data defining attributes of the actual room space, and a product database having a collection of product data defining attributes of at least one product to be used for performing an activity in the room space. The system includes a user interface for selecting a virtual product and arranging the virtual product in the virtual room space. A simulation generator is programmed to simulate the performance of an activity in the virtual room space and to provide a feasibility analysis of the activity based at least in part on the arrangement of the virtual product in the virtual room space. | 08-19-2010 |
