Patent ID: 8367570

Claim:
A liquid entrapping device comprising: an absorbent component; and a hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component, wherein the absorbent component and the hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component are in physical proximity thereby resulting in fluid communication, wherein the absorbent component is more absorbent than the hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component but wherein the hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component absorbs more quickly than and has a smaller holding capacity than the absorbent component, wherein the liquid entrapping device, including the hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component, is formed from at least one electrospun nanofiber where the at least one electrospun nanofiber comprises both the absorbent component and the hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component in the nanofiber body, and wherein the absorbent component is embedded in the electrospun hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component.