Jackets with pockets and removable sleeves for use in the hospital setting

Abstract

The present invention is related to a textile article developed to be used as a way to warm up healthcare professionals, said article being in the form of a jacket with pockets and removable sleeves. This jacket has the particularity of being functional not only in terms of warming up the user, but also for allowing to store small personal and / or professional objects and, simultaneously, fulfilling the requirements of asepsis and sterilization imposed to the healthcare professionals. Therefore, the present invention belongs to the area of protective clothing for professional use, particularly to be used by healthcare professionals, preferentially in a hospital setting.

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TECHNICAL DOMAIN[0001]The present invention is related to a textile article developed to be used as a way to warm up healthcare professionals and allowing them to transport personal and / or professional objects, said article being in the form of a jacket with pockets and removable sleeves.[0002]Such jacket has the particularity of being functional, not just in terms of warming up the user, but also for allowing to store small personal and / or professional objects and, simultaneously, fulfilling the requirements of asepsis and sterilization imposed to the healthcare providers.[0003]To have such effect, the jacket of the present invention is made of a material that has antimicrobial, semi-permeable and anti-static permanent properties besides having a system of pockets with hidden zippers, removable sleeves and sealed sewing threads.[0004]Therefore, the present invention belongs to the area of protective clothing for professional use, particularly to be used by healthcare professionals,...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a special jacket made of a special textile with two layers. The outer layer has permanent antimicrobial and semi-permeable properties, while the inner layer has permanent anti-static and antimicrobial properties. This results in a comfortable, safe, and functional clothing article that warms up its user and simultaneously fulfills the requirements of asepsis, imposed to healthcare providers while working on a hospital settings, i.e. preventing the dissemination of microbes. Additionally, the jacket has pockets and removable sleeves that make it suitable for being used in different locations of the hospital settings, namely having different temperatures, and allowing its user to carry his personal and / or professional objects even in a more asepsis restricted areas.

Problems solved by technology

These types of infections represent an important public health challenge as they contribute to an increase in the morbidity and mortality rate, length of hospital stay and healthcare-related costs.

In paediatric surgery the risk of hypothermia and its consequences can have a bigger negative impact reaching cardiac arrest or even death, therefore the maintenance of the normal body temperature in the paediatric patient is mandatory.

Also, cold temperatures inhibit microbial growth.

On another hand, environments with a low relative humidity rate (<50%) increase the risks related to the presence of static electricity.

These measures might not be enough to maintain a comfortable sensation and sometimes the healthcare professionals are forced to improvise other solutions, such as using their own warm and comfortable clothing under the hospital uniform.

It is not even possible due to the fact that the fabrics from which they are made of and the solution itself do not obey to the requirements imposed to the materials and / or the clothing to be worn for such use, some of them mentioned above.

The necessity to have a mechanism that unequivocally identifies the professional, who is using this kind of solutions (jackets / vests), is also not foreseen in these situations, considering the standard needs the healthcare professionals have, forcing them to improvise non-optimal solutions to minimally fulfil the clothing requirements demanded to the users.

On another perspective, the necessity the healthcare professionals have to closely store several personal and / or professional objects and to have storing solutions purposely developed to store personal and / or professional objects with a standard size, such as a smartphone, a powerbank or a stethoscope, make the solutions available nowadays unable to satisfy such needs.

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