Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a wound pad, comprising a body of compressed thermoplastic or thermo-set open-celled foam is described, wherein the body has a pattern of ultrasonically made depressions in two opposite sides thereof, the depressions in the opposite sides being coaxial to each other and separated from each other by a common bottom portion which is compressed to a higher extent than the remaining parts of said body. A method for manufacturing such a body is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 3, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2013
Assignee:
Mölnycke Health Care AB
Inventors:
Ulf Johannison, Magnus Paledzki, Eva-Karin Daun