DISPOSABLE ARTICLE HAVING SENSOR TO DETECT IMPENDING ELIMINATION OF BODILY WASTE

摘要

A disposable article (20) to be fitted to a wearer. The disposable article (20) preferably comprises a sensor (60) operatively connected to the article . The sensor (60) is adapted to detect electrical activity in the wearer's smooth colonic muscles, abdominal muscles or the muscles surrounding the bladder or rectum which correlates to an impending elimination of bodily was te and to provide a signal to the wearer, a caregiver or an element of the article of the impending event.