Absorberende skummaterialer for vandige kroppsfluider og som er tynt i ikke våt tilstand samt fremgangsmåte for fremstilling av slikt material

摘要

Relatively thin, collapsed, i.e. unexpanded, polymeric foam materials that, upon contact with aqueous body fluids, expand and absorb such fluids, are disclosed. A process for consistently obtaining such relatively thin, collapsed polymeric foam materials by polymerizing a specific type of water-in-oil emulsion, commonly known as High Internal Phase Emulsions or "HIPE", is also disclosed.