US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on April 8 for "Method of manufacturing an exudate management layer for use in an absorbent article" (Wisconsin, Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,578, issued on April 8, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Method of manufacturing an exudate management layer for use in an absorbent article" was invented by David J. Nickel (Menasha, Wis.), Matthew D. Woods (Winneconne, Wis.), Tom Porter (Conway, Ark.) and Todd M. Ake (Conway, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article can have a topsheet layer, a liquid impermeable layer, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet layer and the liquid impermeable layer. The absorbent article can further include an exudate management layer in fluid communication with the topsheet layer. In vario...