Randall B. Pugh, St. Johns, FL; Adam Toner, Jacksonville, FL; Jose Francisco Cau, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil; David Kimball, Flemington, NJ; and William Chester Neeley, Melbourne, FL.
Assigned to Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., Skillman, NJ.

Filed: 9/13/18
Issued: 12/21/21

A personal hygiene product with a digital element comprising: a personal hygiene device to absorb menstrual fluid; a conductive sensor assembly disposed within the personal hygiene device, including one or more moisture sensors and at least one connector, said conductive sensor assembly generating a signal indicative of saturation level of said personal hygiene device when said conductive sensor assembly is in wetting contact with the menstrual fluid; an external digital element coupled to said conductive sensor assembly via the at least one connector, the external digital element including a substrate having a communication circuit capable of wireless communication with a smart hand-held electronic device, a processor, a power source, a first mating connector configured to couple to the at least one connector and optimized to be used with said conductive sensor assembly and a water-resistant case configured to house the components of the external digital element; and a signal transmission conduit comprising leads extending from said conductive sensor assembly and interconnecting said conductive sensor assembly to said external digital element via said leads, each lead having a termination that is in direct contact with the first mating connector.