EP2457454A1 - Vêtements ventilés - Google Patents

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EP2457454A1
EP2457454A1 EP11191078A EP11191078A EP2457454A1 EP 2457454 A1 EP2457454 A1 EP 2457454A1 EP 11191078 A EP11191078 A EP 11191078A EP 11191078 A EP11191078 A EP 11191078A EP 2457454 A1 EP2457454 A1 EP 2457454A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B9/00—Undergarments
    • A41B9/02—Drawers or underpants for men, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B2400/00—Functions or special features of shirts, underwear, baby linen or handkerchiefs not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A41B2400/20—Air permeability; Ventilation

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  • the present invention in some embodiments thereof, relates to garments and methods for maintaining body temperature and, more particularly, but not exclusively, garments for maintaining body temperature to enhance sperm production.
  • testicular temperature In man and in most other mammalian species, testicular temperature is lower than the core body temperature by several degrees. Elevated temperature has been widely documented to impair sperm production. In man and most mammals, an elevation of scrotal temperature to normal core body temperature results in a failure of spermatogenesis. " Testicular heating and its possible contributions to male infertility: a review”; Mieusset R. et al, International Journal of Andrology 1995; 18: 169-184 .
  • Raising the scrotal temperature may not only reduce sperm concentration but also increase the numbers of morphologically abnormal sperm, decrease sperm motility and/or decrease the number of sperm in the ejaculate. There is also concern whether scrotal temperature elevation can affect implantation and early embryo development as the miscarriage rate is significantly increased in female animals after mating with an 'affected' male. " Heat and the testis”; Setchell BP., Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 1998; 114: 179-184 .
  • a garment for maintaining body temperature to enhance effective sperm production.
  • the garment includes a mesh material configured to encompass at least a portion of the male testes and a support structure attached to the mesh material.
  • the support structure includes a belt of a size that is suitable for encircling a male torso.
  • the mesh material has fibers of a diameter between about 0.1 and about 5.0 millimeters.
  • the mesh material includes apertures of between about 1.0 and about 100 square millimeters.
  • a method of manufacturing a garment for maintaining body temperature to enhance sperm production including producing a mesh material, forming the mesh material into a form configured to encompass at least a portion of a male testes and attaching the mesh material to a support structure including a belt having a length suitable for encircling a male torso.
  • the method includes forming the mesh material from fibers having of a diameter between about 0.1 and about 5.0 millimeters.
  • the method includes forming apertures in the mesh material, the apertures having an area of between about 1.0 and about 100 square millimeters.
  • the present invention in some embodiments thereof, relates to garments and methods for maintaining body temperature and, more particularly, but not exclusively, to garments for maintaining body temperature to enhance sperm production.
  • the phrases “enhance sperm production” and/or “enhance effective sperm production” refer to, inter alia, an increase in sperm count associated with maintaining a temperature reduction of, inter alia, the male testes with respect to the core body temperature.
  • male testes refers to a portion of the male body, including at least one of:
  • the garment includes a mesh material, allowing air flow to the skin associated with the male testes, thereby reducing the temperature of the male testes.
  • reducing the temperature of the male testes means maintaining or reducing the temperature of the male tests below the core body temperature; wherein such maintenance contributes to in increase sperm count and quality in an ejaculate above that produced when the temperature of the male testes approaches the core body temperature.
  • the mesh may cover the testicular area alone, for example the scrotal sac.
  • the garment may include a larger mesh area that covers, for example, the scrotum, and the pubic area.
  • the garment may be designed in any one of a variety of garment styles known in the art, such garment styles including:
  • Figure 1 shows a garment 100 for maintaining body temperature to enhance effective sperm production that includes a mesh material 106 that allows the above-noted air flow to the skin associated with the male testes, thereby reducing the temperature of the male testes.
  • garment 100 includes a belt 102 which optionally includes an elastic material.
  • belt 102 includes a VelcroTM material that the wearer fastens around the torso area.
  • Garment 100 includes a scrotal sac 104 configured for supporting a male scrotum that includes mesh material 106. Additionally, garment 100 includes a pubic area 108 extending upward from scrotal sac 104. Pubic area 108 optionally includes mesh material 106 in addition to mesh material 106 of scrotal sac 104.
  • FIG. 2 shows a garment 120 for maintaining body temperature to enhance effective sperm production in which pubic area 108 includes a material having a denser area, meaning an area of smaller apertures, than mesh material 106.
  • belt 102 includes strips 112 including a rubberized material, optionally to provide additional snugness to belt 102.
  • Figure 3 shows a garment 130 for maintaining body temperature to enhance effective sperm production, in which pubic area 108, scrotal sac 104 and belt 102 include mesh material 106.
  • materials included in garment 100 are characterized by a mesh material 106 that allows movement of air through apertures in mesh material, thereby ventilating portions of the male testes as noted above.
  • a mesh material 106 that allows movement of air through apertures in mesh material, thereby ventilating portions of the male testes as noted above.
  • the fibers of mesh material 106 include:
  • mesh material 106 is characterized by apertures of any one of a variety of aperture areas.
  • mesh material 106 includes a variety of sizes of apertures sizes, for example, with aperture size increasing from the pubic area towards the testes area.
  • compositions, method or structure may include additional ingredients, steps and/or parts, but only if the additional ingredients, steps and/or parts do not materially alter the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed composition, method or structure.
  • a compound or “at least one compound” may include a plurality of compounds, including mixtures thereof.
  • range format is merely for convenience and brevity and should not be construed as an inflexible limitation on the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the description of a range should be considered to have specifically disclosed all the possible subranges as well as individual numerical values within that range. For example, description of a range such as from 1 to 6 should be considered to have specifically disclosed subranges such as from 1 to 3, from 1 to 4, from 1 to 5, from 2 to 4, from 2 to 6, from 3 to 6 etc., as well as individual numbers within that range, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This applies regardless of the breadth of the range.
  • the term "method" refers to manners, means, techniques and procedures for accomplishing a given task including, but not limited to, those manners, means, techniques and procedures either known to, or readily developed from known manners, means, techniques and procedures by practitioners of the chemical, pharmacological, biological, biochemical, and medical arts.
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