Patent ID: 7687681

Claim:
A method for treating a viscoelastic proteinaceous fluid, whereby management of said viscoelastic fluid by a personal care absorbent article is improved, comprising the steps of: treating at least one portion of said personal care absorbent article with at least one treatment chemistry selected from the group consisting of water-soluble gelling agents which crosslink protein, thickening agents, plasma precipitators and combinations thereof; and contacting said at least one portion of said personal care absorbent article with said viscoelastic fluid, thereby one of altering at least one property of said viscoelastic fluid and altering an interaction between said absorbent article and said viscoelastic fluid; wherein said personal care absorbent article includes a fluid pervious polyolefin cover sheet, a fluid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core between them, said cover sheet, said backsheet and said absorbent core comprise at least one nonwoven web material comprising a plurality of polymeric fibers having said at least one treatment chemistry disposed within said plurality of polymeric fibers, and at least a portion of said polymeric fibers are bicomponent fibers having said at least one treatment chemistry disposed within one segment of said bicomponent fibers.