Bra insert

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1998-03-17

2000-11-21

Bockelman, Mark

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray or electrical...

424449, 450 2, 602 48, 604304, A61N 130

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061496197

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BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to an insert adapting to the cup shape for a bra.
For the care of the female breast there are active ingredient preparations, for example creams or fluids which are applied to the skin of the breasts in order to act over a longer period of time. With the direct application on the skin a metering of the active ingredient preparations is possible only with difficulty or is very time consuming, for example by repeated application of small amounts. A uniform metering over a longer period of time may be achieved in this manner only to a certain extent.
Inserts for bras are known which serve various purposes. There are for example breastfeeding inserts (see G 81 19 845.0, DE 32 06 371 A1 or G 8315 729.9) and shape-inserts (see DE 31 20 875 C2).
It is the object of the invention to provide an insert for a bra, via which active ingredients, for the care of the female breast or for its therapeutic treatment in a comfortable manner and with a constant metering, can be brought into contact with the skin.
The object is achieved in that the insert adaptable to the inner shape of the cup comprises a zone which stores the active ingredients and delivers to the skin, and at least one breathing compensation zone.
Advantages of the insert are that the active ingredient zones serve as reservoirs for the active ingredient prepearations and simultaneously deliver one or more active ingredients to the skin, wherein the delivery quantity is co-determined by the nature of the active ingredient zones, as is described below. Furthermore the compensation zone of the insert serves as a breathing region, in particular for avoiding the formation of sweat. It is however also possible without further ado that the active ingredient zone is at the same time a breathing region.
The insert advantageously covers essentially the whole inner surface of the cup. In order to maximise the effect of the insert, preferably the size of the active ingredient and compensation zones is selected such that their total surface corresponds essentially to the total surface of the insert. In an advantageous embodiment of the invention a multitude of active ingredient zones and a multitude of compensation zones are provided which are arranged alternately. With this the zones of one type may be separated from one another, arranged in an island manner within the zone of the other type. It is favourable when the zones run strip-shaped in the circumferential direction or in the longitudinal direction. If the zones are arranged in an island manner within another zone, a round circumferential shape of the zones arranged in an island-like manner may be advantageous.
According to a further advantageous embodiment the insert comprise several layers, of which one contains the active ingredient zones and the compensation zones. On this layer a further layer may be connected which lies further outside, which is breathing and is fluid permeable at least in the regions bordering the active ingredient zones. In this way it is achieved that the active ingredient preparation which as a rule is fluid or viscous or the carrier substance in which the active ingredients are contained, these being contained in the active ingredient zones, cannot exit into the bra. Towards the inside a further layer may be connected to the storing layer, this further layer able to serve for the transmission of the active ingredient and also for transmission of the body substances to be taken up by the compensation zones. On application of such a transmission layer, this comes into direct contact with the skin in place of the storing layer. Also the transmission zone may comprise various zones which are congruent with the active ingredient zones or the compensation zones and comprise various transmission properties corresponding to these. So that an active ingredient preparation, already added on manufacture of the insert, may not exit the insert already before its use or may not lose its effectiveness, as an innermost layer a removable protective film which is airtight may be p

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