Medicated breast pad

Abstract

A breast pad has a wax-like medicament, such as lanolin, disposed on an exposed surface of an inner surface of the pad in only a limited region, leaving other regions of the inner surface has a permeable region free of the medicament.

1 . A breast pad comprising: 
 a core containing absorbent material; and    a liquid impermeable cover disposed on an outer side of the core;    wherein an inner surface of the core contains a wax-like medicament in a limited region thereof, such that the inner surface allows for absorption into the breast pad through a remaining medicament-free region of the inner surface of the core.    
     
     
         2 . The breast pad of  claim 1  comprising between about 0.03 and 0.15 grams of medicament.  
     
     
         3 . (canceled)  
     
     
         4 . The breast pad of  claim 1  wherein the medicament-free region comprises between about 30 and 50 percent of a total exposed surface area of the inner surface.  
     
     
         5 . (canceled)  
     
     
         6 . The breast pad of  claim 1  wherein at least about 50 percent of a total exposed surface area of the inner surface is medicament-free.  
     
     
         7 . The breast pad of  claim 1  wherein the limited region of medicament includes a central portion of the breast pad.  
     
     
         8 . The breast pad of  claim 7  wherein the medicament is distributed uniformly within the central portion.  
     
     
         9 . The breast pad of  claim 8  wherein the central portion is surrounded by the medicament-free region.  
     
     
         10 . The breast pad of  claim 9  wherein the medicament-free region has a width of at least about 15 millimeters.  
     
     
         11 . The breast pad of  claim 7  wherein the central portion includes both medicament and medicament-free areas.  
     
     
         12 . The breast pad of  claim 1  wherein the medicament is in the form of a coating on the inner surface.  
     
     
         13 . The breast pad of  claim 1  wherein the medicament is in the form of a dispersion on the inner surface.  
     
     
         14 - 17 . (canceled)  
     
     
         18 . The breast pad of  claim 1  wherein the medicament comprises lanolin.  
     
     
         19 . A breast pad comprising: 
 an inner surface for contacting a mammary gland;    wherein the inner surface has a first region with a wax-like medicament and a second region that is free of wax-like medicaments; and    wherein the second region is permeable to fluids and permits absorption of mammary into the breast pad.    
     
     
         20 . The breast pad of  claim 19  comprising between about 0.03 and 0.15 grams of medicament.  
     
     
         21 . (canceled)  
     
     
         22 . The breast pad of  claim 19  wherein the region that is free of wax-like medicaments comprises between about 30 and 50 percent of a total exposed surface area of the inner surface.  
     
     
         23 . (canceled)  
     
     
         24 . The breast pad of  claim 19  wherein at least about 50 percent of a total exposed surface area of the inner surface is the region that is free of wax-like medicaments.  
     
     
         25 . The breast pad of  claim 19  wherein the medicament is in the form of a coating on the inner surface.  
     
     
         26 . The breast pad of  claim 19  wherein the medicament is in the form of a dispersion on the inner surface.  
     
     
         27 - 29 . (canceled)  
     
     
         30 . The breast pad of  claim 19  wherein the medicament comprises lanolin.  
     
     
         31 . A method of absorbing mammary fluids while soothing skin, the method comprising 
 providing a breast pad having an inner surface with a first region containing a wax-like medicament, and a second region that is free of wax-like medicaments and is permeable to permit absorption of mammary fluid into the pad; and    placing the breast pad on a human mammary gland, with the first region contacting at least a portion of an areola of the mammary gland and the permeable second region contacting the mammary gland for absorption of fluids.    
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31  wherein the first region of the inner surface comprises between about 0.03 and 0.15 grams of medicament.  
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 31  wherein the first region of the inner surface is fluid impermeable.  
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 31  wherein the medicament comprises lanolin.