Patent ID: 6187990
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A61F,A61L

Abstract:
In an absorbent diaper including added microorganisms, the improvement wherein the added microorganisms are selected from genera Lactobacillus or Lactococcus, and exhibit, when the absorbent diaper is worn regularly by a wearer for a short or longer period, antagonistic properties against undesirable strains of microorganisms from the families Enterobacteriaceae, Micrococcaseae, Psuedomonadaceae and Ascomycetes and the genus Streptococcus, and present or arising in the absorbent diaper or in the urogenital zone of the wearer of said absorbent diaper; and wherein the added microorganisms are added in such quantities and have such activity as to restrain the growth of undesirable species of microorganisms to such an extent as to prevent the generation of undesirable odors in the absorbent diaper.