Patent ID: 9241513
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A41B,A61M,A61P,D06M

Claim Text:
1. A sock for daily pharmacological treatment of a fungal infection, comprising: a tube-shaped body portion comprising a first open end and a second sealed end forming a toe portion, wherein the body portion comprises a textile material to manage moisture when the item of clothing is worn; microcapsules grafted on the textile material; and antifungal agents encapsulated within the microcapsules to pharmacologically treat the fungal infection when released from the microcapsules, wherein the tube-shaped body further comprises a moss stitched portion, wherein the moss stitched portion is disposed in the toe portion, wherein the antifungal agents are configured to be released from the microcapsules by friction between a user's skin and the textile material or by moisture from the skin, and wherein a wall shell for the microcapsules is formed of chitosan, and wherein the microcapsules are produced with the chitosan wall shell by coacervation.