JP6866219B2 - Absorbent article for fecal incontinence - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an absorbent article for fecal incontinence, particularly an absorbent article adapted for mild fecal incontinence.

A small amount of soft feces may be excreted unknowingly or unintentionally due to a decrease in anal muscle function. This small amount of soft feces contains a lot of water. In order to deal with such fecal incontinence, an absorbent article for fecal incontinence is known (Patent Document 1).

Patent Document 1 discloses a device for treating accidental bowel leakage (ABL), also known as fecal incontinence. The device for treating this fecal incontinence has a body liner that absorbs and retains accidental anal excretion. The body liner is composed of a substantially flat sheet having a body-facing surface and a rear surface opposite the body-facing surface. Further, the main body liner has an adhesive region on the body facing surface of the main body liner.

This body liner is folded along the intergluteal cleft (crack in the buttocks) and placed in the intergluteal cleft during use (see also FIG. 1F of Patent Document 1, for example). At this time, the body-facing surface of the main body liner comes into close contact with the user's skin (buttocks). The adhesive area provided on the body-facing surface of the main body liner brings the main body liner into close contact with the user's skin.

Special Table 2015-513302

Regarding the device described in Patent Document 1, the inventor of the present application has discovered the following problems. That is, if the main body liner is placed in the intergluteal cleft and is in close contact with the user's skin (buttocks), the main body liner (device) may be displaced or blown off due to the movement or flatulence of the user. I have something to do.

In addition, since the adhesive region comes into contact with the user's skin, the user's comfort may be reduced. In particular, if the adhesive area of the main body liner is contaminated with feces, the skin of the user may be irritated by the irritation of both the adhesive and the feces.

Therefore, an absorbent article for fecal incontinence that can reduce the irritation given to the skin while suppressing the misalignment during use is desired.

The absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to one aspect is attached to a worn article worn on the lower body of the user. The absorbent article for fecal incontinence has a main body that faces the user's anus during use and is located behind the narrowest position of the crotch of the worn article, and the main body is the user's skin. It has a front surface facing the surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, an adhesive material provided on the back surface of the main body portion, and a crease extending from one end to the other end of the main body portion. The traces are formed in valley folds when viewed from the surface.

It is a perspective view of the absorbent article for fecal incontinence which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a top view of the absorbent article seen from the side opposite to the surface facing the user's skin. It is sectional drawing of the absorbent article along the QQ line of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the absorbent article along the PP line of FIG. It is a top view of the absorbent article in an open state of an individual wrapping sheet. It is a top view of the absorbent article in a closed state of an individual wrapping sheet. It is a figure which shows the state which attached the absorbent article for fecal incontinence to the shorts. It is a rear view of a user wearing shorts attached with an absorbent article for fecal incontinence.

(1) Outline of Embodiment At least the following matters will be clarified by the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

The absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to one aspect is an absorbent article for fecal incontinence attached to a worn article worn on the lower body of the user, which faces the user's anus at the time of use and is said to be the worn article. It has a main body portion that is arranged behind the narrowest position of the crotch, and the main body portion has a front surface facing the user's skin, a back surface opposite to the front surface, and the back surface of the main body portion. It has an adhesive material provided in the body and a crease extending from one end to the other end of the main body, and the crease is formed in a valley fold when viewed from the surface.

The absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to this embodiment is arranged so that the main body faces the user's anus at the time of use. At this time, the absorbent article can be attached to a worn article worn by the user, such as underwear, by the adhesive material provided on the back surface of the main body. Therefore, since it is not necessary to provide an adhesive material on the surface of the main body (the surface facing the user's skin), the irritation given to the wearer's skin can be reduced.

After using the absorbent article for fecal incontinence, the user can fold the main body based on the crease formed in the valley fold. As a result, the stool attached to the main body, that is, the stool containing a large amount of water discharged from the anus is hidden inside the main body. Therefore, it is possible to prevent feces from adhering to the hands when the absorbent article is disposed of.

In addition, the surface of the main body comes into contact with the user's skin during use. At this time, the absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to this embodiment is arranged so that the crease of the main body faces the anus. This fold mark is formed in a valley fold when viewed from the surface of the main body. Since the surface of the main body is a surface facing the user's skin, the main body bends in a direction away from the user's skin at the crease. That is, a gap is created between the user's skin and the main body at the crease. Since this crease extends from one end to the other end of the main body, the gap between the user's skin and the main body extends from one end to the other end of the main body. When the user releases the flatulence in this state, the flatulence escapes to the outside of the main body through the gap between the user's skin and the main body. In this way, since an air escape route such as a flatulence is formed, it is possible to prevent the absorbent article for fecal incontinence from being displaced or blown off by the user's flatulence.

According to a preferred embodiment, the absorbent article for fecal incontinence has an elastic member that contracts the main body in an intersecting direction intersecting the direction in which the crease extends, and the elastic member is the crease. It extends in the crossing direction across the.

By contracting the main body portion in the intersecting direction by the elastic member straddling the crease mark, the main body portion tends to be in a bent state with the crease mark as the base point during use. As a result, an air escape route between the user's skin and the main body is formed more firmly. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the absorbent article for fecal incontinence from being displaced or blown off due to the user's flatulence.

According to a preferred embodiment, the crease is offset to one side of the center of the body in an intersecting direction intersecting the direction in which the crease extends.

As described above, the absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to this embodiment is arranged so that the crease of the main body faces the anus. Therefore, the stool adheres to the crease mark of the main body and its surroundings. Since this crease is shifted to one side from the center of the main body in the crossing direction, it is difficult for feces to adhere to the end of the main body farther from the crease. Therefore, the user can remove the absorbent article from the worn article by pinching the end located farther than the place where the feces adhered, that is, the cleaner end.

In addition, after removing the absorbent article for fecal incontinence from the worn article, the user can easily fold the absorbent article from the crease so as to cover the feces. At this time, if the absorbent article is folded while the end of the absorbent article farther from the crease is pinched by hand, the surface of the edge of the absorbent article closer to the crease is far from the crease. It is hard to hit the hand that picks the end of the side. In this way, the user can dispose of the absorbent article while avoiding touching the feces as much as possible.

Here, the user often removes the absorbent article from the worn article while sitting on a table such as a Western-style toilet seat. In this case, when the worn item is lowered from the waist to the vicinity of the feet, the crotch (inseam portion) of the worn item tends to spread in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the user can more easily see the crotch of the worn item. In the absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to this aspect, the area in front of the crease is arranged at a position close to the crotch or crotch of the worn article. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the front end portion of the main body portion when removing the absorbent article from the worn article. Considering these circumstances, when the creases are arranged along the width direction intersecting the anteroposterior direction along the direction in which the user's intergluteal cleft extends during use, the creases are formed on the main body in the anteroposterior direction. It is preferably located posterior to the center.

According to a preferred embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive is arranged at least in a region that overlaps with the crease.

Since the adhesive material is arranged in the area where the creases overlap, the rigidity of the area where the creases are arranged in the main body is increased. As a result, a crease can be firmly made on the main body portion, and an air escape route between the user's skin and the main body portion is formed more firmly. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the absorbent article for fecal incontinence from being displaced or blown off due to the user's flatulence.

According to a preferred embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive material extends in a predetermined direction, and the amount of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material at one end portion in the predetermined direction is smaller than the amount of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material at the other end portion in the predetermined direction.

The end with the smaller amount of adhesive has lower adhesive strength to the worn article. Therefore, when removing the absorbent article from the worn article, the main body can be easily peeled off from the worn article from the end having a small amount of adhesive material toward the end having a large amount of adhesive material. The part can be removed.

According to a preferred embodiment, the crease is arranged along the width direction intersecting the anteroposterior direction along the direction in which the user's intergluteal cleft extends during use, and the main body portion along the direction in which the crease extends. The length of the crease decreases monotonically toward the front side of the crease.

Wearing items such as underwear have a width that narrows from the area facing the anus toward the crotch (inseam). Here, the absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to this embodiment is arranged so that the crease of the main body faces the anus. The length of the main body along the direction in which the crease extends decreases monotonically toward the front side of the crease. That is, the main body portion has a width that narrows from the crease mark toward the crotch of the worn item such as underwear. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the absorbent article for fecal incontinence from sticking out from the worn article such as underwear.

(2) Structure of Absorbent Articles An embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings below, the same or similar parts are designated by the same or similar reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and the ratio of each dimension may differ from the actual one. Therefore, the specific dimensions, etc. should be determined in consideration of the following explanation. In addition, there may be parts in which the relations and ratios of the dimensions of the drawings are different from each other.

The present invention relates to an absorbent article for fecal incontinence. Here, fecal incontinence can be classified into the following four as an example.
1. 1. Stress fecal incontinence A small amount of soft stool leaks out of the anus when the abdomen is stressed.
2. Imminent fecal incontinence Sudden urge to defecate makes it impossible to tolerate defecation and causes stool to leak (diarrhea).
3. 3. Overflowing fecal incontinence Due to the accumulation of stools, stools overflow.
4. Functional fecal incontinence Stool leaks due to difficulty in making judgments and movements regarding defecation movements, such as not knowing the location of the toilet or being unable to walk to the toilet.

The present invention particularly relates to an absorbent article adapted to stress fecal incontinence among the above four categories. That is, this absorbent article for fecal incontinence is adapted to a small amount of soft stool containing a large amount of water discharged from the user's anus, for example stool less than 5 cc.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the absorbent article viewed from the side opposite to the surface facing the user's skin. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the absorbent article along the QQ line of FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the absorbent article along the line PP of FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the individually wrapped sheet for wrapping the absorbent article in an open state. FIG. 6 is a plan view of the absorbent article in a state where the individual wrapping sheet is closed. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which an absorbent article for fecal incontinence is attached to a worn article worn by the user. FIG. 8 is a rear view of a user wearing a worn article to which an absorbent article for fecal incontinence is attached.

The absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence according to the present embodiment is attached to the worn article S worn on the lower body of the user (see also FIGS. 5 and 6). Here, the worn article S worn by the user may be underwear such as shorts. Instead, the wearable item worn by the user may be a disposable diaper that can be worn by the user.

The absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence has an anterior-posterior direction L along the direction in which the user's intergluteal cleft extends during use, a width direction W orthogonal to the anterior-posterior direction L, and a thickness direction.

The absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence has a body 20 that faces the user's anus when used. The main body 20 has a front surface facing the user's skin and a back surface opposite to the front surface. The main body 20 is arranged behind the narrowest position of the crotch of the worn article S during use (see FIGS. 5 and 6).

The main body 20 has an adhesive material 42 provided on the back surface of the main body 20. The adhesive material 42 may be provided in a region overlapping the absorber 30 in the thickness direction. The adhesive material 42 is provided to fix the absorbent article 10 to the worn article S worn by the user at the time of use. The adhesive material 42 may be arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line Q passing through the center of the main body portion 20 in the front-rear direction L, and may be arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line P passing through the center of the main body portion 20 in the width direction W. May be good.

The main body 20 may include a front surface sheet 26 on the front surface side, a back surface sheet 27 on the back surface side, and an absorber 30 between the front surface sheet 26 and the back surface sheet 27. Further, a leak-proof sheet 28 may be provided between the back surface sheet 27 and the absorber 30. The leak-proof sheet 28 may be made of a liquid-impermeable sheet. Examples of the liquid-impermeable sheet include a liquid-impermeable film and a hydrophobic non-woven fabric.

The surface sheet 26 may be composed of a liquid permeable sheet. For example, the surface sheet 26 can be formed from a non-woven fabric, a porous plastic film, or a laminated sheet in which they are laminated. The front surface sheet 26 may be bonded to the back surface sheet 27 outside the absorber 30 by, for example, an adhesive 52.

The absorber 30 may include an absorbent core 31 and a core wrap sheet 32. The absorbable core 31 can be composed of, for example, a mixture of wood pulp and superabsorbent polymer particles (SAP). The core wrap sheet 32 covers the absorbent core 31. The core wrap sheet 32 may be made of tissue paper or non-woven fabric.

The back sheet 27 may have a larger dimension in the width direction W than the leak-proof sheet 28. The back surface sheet 27 has a pair of bent portions 27a formed by bending inward a portion of the back surface sheet 27 that extends outward in the width direction W from both side edges of the leak-proof sheet 28. You can do it. An elastic member 51 may be provided on the pair of bent portions 27a. The elastic member 51 can be formed of, for example, one or a plurality of elastic threads.

The elastic member 51 may be attached to the back surface sheet 27 in a stretched state. A plurality of gathers may be formed on the main body 20 due to the contraction action of the elastic member 51.

The adhesive material 42 is covered with a separator 70 before the use of the absorbent article 10. The separator 70 is configured to prevent deterioration of the adhesive strength of the adhesive material 42 and to be easily peeled off from the adhesive material 42. The separator 70 is removed from the main body 20 at the time of use. Note that FIG. 2 shows the absorbent article 10 in a state where the separator 70 is peeled off.

The absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence according to the present embodiment is arranged so that the main body 20 faces the user's anus at the time of use (see FIG. 8). At this time, the absorbent article 10 can be attached to the worn article S worn by the user, such as underwear, by the adhesive material 42 provided on the back surface of the main body 20. Therefore, since it is not necessary to provide the adhesive material 42 on the surface of the main body 20 (the surface facing the user's skin), the irritation given to the wearer's skin can be reduced.

Further, the main body 20 has a crease FL extending from one end to the other end of the main body 20. In the present embodiment, the crease FL extends from one end 23 to the other end 24 of the main body 20 in the width direction W. This fold mark FL is formed in a valley fold when viewed from the surface side. That is, the crease mark FL has a fold habit of bending the main body 20 in the direction in which the surface sheets 26 are brought closer to each other. As a result, the fold mark FL portion of the main body portion 20 is dented so as to be separated from the skin when viewed from the user's skin side during use.

The crease FL may be formed by a fold line for folding the absorbent article 10 during packaging. As a specific example, the absorbent article 10 may be wrapped in the individual wrapping sheet 200 during packaging (see FIG. 6). The individual wrapping sheet 200 is arranged on the back surface side of the absorbent article 10 to which the separator 70 is attached in the unfolded state.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, one end 200a of the individual wrapping sheet 200 extends forward from the front end 21 of the absorbent article 10. On the other hand, the other end 200b of the individual wrapping sheet 200 does not extend to the rear end 22 of the absorbent article 10.

The absorbent article 10 and the individual wrapping sheet 200 are folded from the crease FL (first fold line) so that the absorbent article 10 is arranged inside the individual wrapping sheet 200. At this time, the absorbent article 10 is folded so that the surface sheets 26 face each other. After that, by further folding the individual wrapping sheet 200 at the second fold line FL2 passing only through the individual wrapping sheet 200, the absorbent article 10 is in a state of being wrapped by the individual wrapping sheet 200 as shown in FIG. In this state, both sides (both sides) of the individual packaging sheet 200 in the width direction W may be sealed by thermocompression bonding, for example, to form the sealing portion 202.

In the case of absorbent articles adapted for mild fecal incontinence (stress incontinence), the user prefers that others do not notice that they are wearing the absorbent articles. Therefore, the size of the main body 20 is preferably as small as possible to prevent leakage of feces. The length of the main body 20 in the front-rear direction L may be about 100 mm to 140 mm. By setting the length of the main body portion 20 in the front-rear direction L to 100 mm or more, it is possible to prevent feces containing water from leaking outward from the edge of the main body portion 20 in the front-rear direction L. Further, by setting the length of the main body portion 20 in the front-rear direction L to 140 mm or less, the main body portion 20 can be arranged within the range of the intergluteal cleft, thereby reducing the discomfort of wearing to the user. it can.

The length of the main body 20 in the width direction W may be about 90 mm to 130 mm. By setting the length of the main body 20 in the width direction W to 90 mm or more, it is possible to prevent feces containing water from leaking outward from the edge of the main body 20 in the width direction W. By setting the length of the main body 20 in the width direction W to 130 mm or less, the main body 20 can be arranged at a position facing the user's anus without protruding from the worn article. Specifically, when the length of the main body 20 in the width direction W exceeds 130 mm, the user tries to arrange the main body 20 so as not to protrude from the worn article, and as a result, the width of the worn article is wide. That is, the main body 20 may be attached to a region above the position where the main body 20 is originally attached (the position facing the anus). By setting the length of the main body 20 in the width direction W to 130 mm or less, the main body 20 can be easily installed at a more appropriate position.

The thickness of the main body 20 may be about 2 mm to 5 mm. If the thickness of the main body 20 is too thin, the user may rub the skin against the main body 20, and as a result, the position of the absorbent article 10 may shift. By setting the thickness of the main body 20 to 2 mm or more, it is possible to suppress the displacement of the main body 20 due to the movement of the user. Further, by setting the thickness of the main body portion 20 to 5 mm or less, it is possible to make the attachment of the absorbent article inconspicuous.

In the present embodiment, the main body 20 has a substantially circular shape when viewed from the surface (see FIG. 2). Instead, the main body 20 may have a substantially triangular shape when viewed from the surface.

When the crease FL is arranged along the width direction W during use, the length of the main body 20 along the direction in which the crease FL extends decreases monotonically toward the front side of the crease FL. Is preferable. Here, "monotonically decreasing" means that there is no place where the amount increases toward the front side. Therefore, there may be a region having a constant width toward the front side.

Wearing articles S, such as underwear, have a width that narrows from the area facing the anus toward the crotch (inseam). Here, the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence according to this aspect is arranged so that the crease FL of the main body 20 faces the anus. When the length of the main body 20 along the direction in which the crease FL extends monotonically decreases toward the front side of the crease FL, the main body 20 is a worn item such as underwear with the crease FL as the base point. It has a width that narrows toward the crotch of S. Therefore, the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence can be prevented from protruding from the worn article S such as underwear.

When the crease FL is arranged along the width direction W during use, the longest length of the main body 20 in the front-rear direction L is the length of the main body 20 along the width direction W at the position of the crease FL. It is preferably 1.0 times or more and 1.4 times or less. Further, the longest length of the main body 20 in the front-rear direction L is 1.0 times or more and 1.3 times or less the length of the main body 20 along the width direction W at the position of the fold mark FL. More preferred.

By shortening the length of the main body 20 in the front-rear direction L, it is possible to reduce the discomfort of the user caused by the absorbent article for fecal incontinence. Further, the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence according to this aspect is arranged so that the fold mark FL of the main body 20 faces the anus. When stool adheres to the main body 20 due to mild fecal incontinence, the stool spreads slightly in a substantially circular shape from the center thereof. Therefore, in the absorbent article 10 for mild fecal incontinence, it is sufficient that the length of the main body 20 in the anteroposterior direction L is short.

When the crease FL is arranged along the width direction W during use, the length of the main body 20 along the direction in which the crease FL extends decreases monotonically toward the rear side of the crease FL. Is preferable. In this case, the size of the main body 20 can be reduced as much as possible.

When the crease FL is arranged along the width direction W at the time of use, the crease FL may be arranged at the longest portion where the length of the main body portion 20 in the width direction is the longest.

After using the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence, the user can fold the main body 20 from the fold mark FL formed in the valley fold. As a result, the stool attached to the main body 20, that is, the stool containing a large amount of water discharged from the anus is hidden inside the main body 20. Therefore, it is possible to prevent feces from adhering to the hands when the absorbent article is disposed of.

In addition, the surface of the main body 20 comes into contact with the user's skin during use. At this time, the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence according to this aspect is arranged so that the crease FL of the main body 20 faces the anus. The fold mark FL is formed in a valley fold when viewed from the surface of the main body portion 20. Since the surface of the main body 20 is a surface facing the user's skin, the main body 20 bends in a direction away from the user's skin at the crease FL. That is, a gap is generated between the user's skin and the main body 20 at the fold mark FL. Since this crease FL extends from one end to the other end of the main body 20, the gap between the user's skin and the main body 20 extends from one end to the other end of the main body 20. When the user releases the flatulence in this state, the flatulence escapes to the outside of the main body 20 through the gap between the user's skin and the main body 20. In this way, since an air escape route like a flatulence is formed, it is possible to prevent the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence from being displaced or blown off by the user's flatulence.

In the absorbent article 10 according to the present embodiment, it is preferable that the crease FL is formed along the width direction W. In other words, the absorbent article 10 is preferably attached to the worn article S so that the crease FL formed on the main body 20 intersects the direction in which the wearer's intergluteal cleft extends.

The crease FL is deviated to one side from the center of the main body 20 in the intersection direction (corresponding to the front-rear direction L in the present embodiment; the same applies hereinafter) that intersects the direction in which the crease FL extends. The fold mark FL is preferably shifted to the front side or the rear side of the center line Q passing through the center of the main body portion 20 in the front-rear direction L, and more preferably to the rear side.

As described above, the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence according to this embodiment is arranged so that the crease FL of the main body 20 faces the anus. Therefore, the stool adheres to the crease FL of the main body 20 and its surroundings. Since the crease FL is shifted to one side from the center of the main body 20 in the crossing direction, it is difficult for feces to adhere to the end of the main body 20 farther than the crease FL. Therefore, the user can remove the absorbent article 10 from the worn article S by picking the end located farther than the place where the stool is attached, that is, the cleaner end.

Further, after removing the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence from the worn article S, the user can easily fold the absorbent article 10 from the crease FL so as to cover the stool. At this time, when the absorbent article 10 is folded while the end of the absorbent article 10 farther from the fold mark FL is pinched by hand, the surface of the end portion of the absorbent article 10 closer to the crease FL is formed. , It is hard to hit the hand that picks the end far from the crease FL. In this way, the user can dispose of the absorbent article 10 while avoiding touching the feces as much as possible.

Further, the user often removes the absorbent article from the worn article S while sitting on a table such as a Western-style toilet seat. In this case, when the worn article S is lowered from around the waist to the vicinity of the feet, the crotch portion (inseam portion) of the worn article S tends to expand in the horizontal direction (see FIG. 7). Therefore, the user can more easily see the crotch of the worn article S. In the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence according to this aspect, the region on the front side of the crease FL is arranged at a position close to the crotch or the crotch of the worn article S (see FIG. 7). Therefore, when removing the absorbent article 10 from the worn article S, the user can easily grasp the front end portion of the main body portion 20. In consideration of such circumstances, when the crease FL is arranged along the width direction W during use, the crease FL is preferably located behind the center of the main body in the front-rear direction L. ..

From the viewpoint of forming an escape route for the user's flatulence, it is preferable that the crease FL is arranged as close to the center line Q as possible. For example, the distance between the crease FL and the center line Q may be, for example, less than 1 cm.

The adhesive material 42 is preferably arranged at least in a region overlapping the crease mark FL. In the present embodiment, a plurality of adhesive materials 42 arranged at intervals in the width direction W extend along the front-rear direction L across the crease FL. Instead, a plurality of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials 42 arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction L may extend along the width direction W. Further, the adhesive material 42 may extend along a direction inclined from the front-rear direction L and the width direction W. Even in these cases, it is preferable that at least a part of the plurality of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials 42 is arranged in a region overlapping the crease mark FL.

When the adhesive material 42 is arranged in the region where the crease mark FL overlaps, the rigidity of the region where the crease mark FL is arranged in the main body 20 becomes high. As a result, the fold mark FL can be firmly attached to the main body portion 20, and an air escape route between the user's skin and the main body portion 20 is formed more firmly. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence from being displaced or blown off due to the user's flatulence.

In the direction in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive material 42 extends, the amount of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material 42 at one end of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material 42 is preferably smaller than the amount of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material 42 at the other end of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material 42. The end portion having a smaller amount of the adhesive material 42 has a lower adhesive force to the worn article S. Therefore, when the absorbent article 10 is removed from the worn article S, the main body 20 is peeled off from the worn article from the end where the amount of the adhesive material 42 is small toward the end where the amount of the adhesive material 42 is large. Therefore, the main body 20 can be easily removed.

The elastic member 51 contracts the main body 20 in the intersecting direction intersecting the direction in which the crease FL extends, and extends in the intersecting direction across the crease FL. In the present embodiment, the elastic members 51 are provided on both sides of the main body portion 20 in the width direction W, and extend along the front-rear direction L across the fold mark FL.

By contracting the main body 20 by the elastic member 51 straddling the crease FL, the main body 20 tends to be in a bent state with the crease FL as the base point during use. As a result, an air escape route between the user's skin and the main body 20 is formed more firmly. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the absorbent article 10 for fecal incontinence from being displaced or blown off due to the user's flatulence.

The elastic member 51 is preferably composed of elastic threads of about 480 to 940 dtex, and is preferably attached to the main body 20 in a state of being stretched 1.5 to 2.5 times. By increasing the extension rate of the elastic member 51 to 1.5 times or more in this way, the main body 20 can be firmly contracted. As a result, the absorbent article 10 can be bent from the crease FL as a base point so that a sufficient air (flatulence) escape route can be formed during use. Further, by reducing the extension rate of the elastic member 51 to 2.5 times or less, it is possible to prevent the main body 20 from bending too much at the crease FL.

Here, it is assumed that the elastic member 51 has an elongation rate of 1.0 times when it is in a natural state. Further, the above-mentioned "length" means a length measured in a state where the main body 20 is stretched until there are no wrinkles.

Although the present invention has been described in detail using the above-described embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in the present specification. The present invention can be implemented as modifications and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present specification is for the purpose of exemplification and does not have any limiting meaning to the present invention.

It is possible to provide an absorbent article for fecal incontinence that can reduce irritation to the skin while suppressing misalignment during use.

10 Absorbent article for fecal incontinence 20 Main body 42 Adhesive material 51 Elastic member 70 Separator FL Fold mark L Front-back direction W Width direction

Claims (6)

An absorbent article for fecal incontinence that is attached to a worn item worn on the lower body of the user.
It has a main body that faces the user's anus during use and is located behind the narrowest position of the crotch of the worn item.
The main body
The surface facing the user's skin and
On the back side opposite to the front side,
With the adhesive material provided on the back surface of the main body
Extending along the width direction from one end to the other end of said body portion, said trace bending the length of the body portion is Ru disposed longest longest portion in the width direction,
Have,
The crease is an absorbent article for fecal incontinence, which is formed in a valley fold when viewed from the surface. It has an elastic member that contracts the main body in an intersecting direction that intersects the direction in which the crease extends.
The absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member extends in the crossing direction across the crease. The absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the crease is deviated to one side from the center of the main body in an intersecting direction intersecting the direction in which the crease extends. The absorbent article for fecal incontinence according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the adhesive material is arranged at least in an area overlapping the crease. The adhesive material extends in a predetermined direction and
The amount of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material at one end of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material in the predetermined direction is smaller than the amount of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material at the other end portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive material in the predetermined direction, according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The listed fecal incontinence absorbent article. During use, the creases are arranged along the width direction that intersects the anteroposterior direction along the direction in which the user's intergluteal cleft extends.
The fecal incontinence use according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the length of the main body portion along the direction in which the crease extends is monotonously decreased toward the front side of the crease. Absorbent article.

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