MENSTRUAL FLUID SIMULANT

摘要

Menstrual fluid simulants may consistently emulate the physical characteristics of real menstrual fluid, including but not limited to, viscosity, stringiness, surface tension and size and concentration of particulate matter. In addition, the constituents comprising the menstrual fluid simulants may be changed in order to mimic the variations in real menstrual fluid observed from woman to woman and from an individual woman over time. The menstrual fluid simulants are of use in the testing of personal care absorbent products. In a preferred embodiment, the simulant comprises 5-90 % of a blood product, 1-30 % buffering agent and 1-5 % rheological modifier (e.g. 1 % solution of polyacrylamide).