Tool for analyzing liquid discharge data in an absorbent article, an absorbent article adapted for the collection of liquid discharge data and a control unit that interacts with the absorbent article for the collection of liquid discharge data
An absorbent article (1) for absorbing discharge of liquid (eg, urination, menstruation, or fecal fluid) when used in the crotch region of a user's body, the absorbent article comprising a plurality of detection zones (4 ) to detect the liquid discharge, each detection zone (4) provided with first and second electrically conductive tracks (6) that are electrically isolated from each other and arranged so that a liquid discharge between the first and second conductive tracks (6) second allows electric current to flow between the first and second conductive tracks (6), which can be detected to detect the presence of liquid discharge in the respective zone (4), in which the plurality of zones (4) are distributed longitudinally with with respect to the absorbent article (1) along an absorbent core (2) of the absorbent article (1), to allow determining the longitudinal extension of the discharge, in which the tracks The first and second conductive (6) are each connected to contacts to electrically contact the first and second conductive tracks (6) with a control unit by means of a respective conductor (16), in which each of the electrical tracks (6) first and second are in electrical contact with the absorbent core (2), in which the first and second conductive tracks (6) are elongated and laterally aligned, and in which the conductors (16) extend from a contact area (12) of the absorbent article control unit (1) to the respective lateral electrically conductive track (6), characterized in that: the conductors are isolated from the absorbent core (2) of the absorbent article (1), in wherein the respective conductors (16) are arranged on one side of an electrically insulating layer of the absorbent article (1) and the first and second conductive tracks (6) are arranged on the other side of the insulating layer to be in contact electrical circuit with the absorbent core (2) in which the electrically conductive tracks (6) and the conductors (16) are a unitary conductive trac
