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Sterile glove with touchless donning

a glove and glove technology, applied in the field of glove, can solve the problems of unnecessarily increasing the cost and complexity of use and manufacture of gloves, and achieve the effect of increasing the opening siz

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-16
BHALLA JAGMOHAN
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Benefits of technology

Enables touchless donning of sterile gloves, maintaining sterility and reducing the risk of contamination, while simplifying the donning process and reducing manufacturing costs.

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However, these known methods tend to unnecessarily increase the cost and complexity of use and manufacture of the gloves.

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[0010]One embodiment is a sterile glove with a stretching mechanism with a detachable handle that allows the glove to be donned without touching any of the wearable portion of the glove.

[0011]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior art sterile glove 10 as it is configured when it is removed from packaging and before being donned by a user. Glove 10 includes a cuff 2, a cuff rim 4, and a finger and hand portion 1. Cuff 2 of glove 10 as shown in FIG. 1 is in a state of being folded over at a fold 3 so that at least some of the inside surface is exposed as an “outer facing surface.” This allows glove 10 to be held by touching only the region of the folded over cuff 2 that is near fold 3 thereby limiting contact to an area at some distance from cuff rim 4 and reducing the risk of contamination. The folded over cuff is unfolded before use of the glove. Use of the glove can include any activity after the glove has been donned. “Donning” includes all activities involved in inserting the ha...

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Abstract

A sterile glove includes a hand and finger portion and a cuff having an inside surface and an outside surface. The cuff is adapted to be folded over at a fold when the glove is packaged in a sterile package and the fold forms an opening for inserting a hand into the glove. A stretching mechanism is coupled substantially near or on the fold and is adapted to increase a size of the opening while donning the glove. At least a portion of the stretching mechanism is detachable. The stretching mechanism has an unstretched state and a stretched state, and the stretching mechanism is in the unstretched state when the glove is packaged.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 635,300, filed on Dec. 10, 2009.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]One embodiment is directed generally to a sterile glove, and in particular to a sterile glove that allows for touchless donning.BACKGROUND INFORMATION[0003]Sterile elastomeric gloves are used with increasing frequency by medical and laboratory professionals to prevent the tactile transfer of foreign materials during various procedures. Sterile gloves are typically packaged with their cuffs folded over to expose a portion of the inner surface of the cuff. This allows the gloves to be picked up and held during donning by touching only the area close to the fold and at some distance from the cuff rim, which minimizes the risk of contamination.[0004]Various packaging and dispenser improvements and techniques have been introduced to address the problems of sterile glove donning. However, these known methods tend to unnecessarily in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41D19/00B65B63/04B65B63/02
CPCA41D19/0044A41D2400/44A61B2019/046A61B19/045A61B19/04A61B42/00A61B42/40A61B42/50
Inventor BHALLA, JAGMOHAN
Owner BHALLA JAGMOHAN