Sealed Glove Container with Biocidal Coating and Tilted Rack
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for dispensing disposable gloves fail to adequately protect them from contamination, particularly in environments like hospitals and clinics, where a significant percentage of gloves are found to be contaminated, and are not easily scalable for mass production.
Innovation Solution
A waterproof plastic container with a biocidal-coated interior and exterior, featuring a sealed opening mechanism with the glove cuff positioned near the extraction hole, attached to a rack tilted at an angle, allowing gravity-assisted glove removal without hand insertion, thus minimizing contamination risk.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If gloves are dispensed from open boxes placed close to water sources, then accessibility and ease of operation are improved, but contamination risk increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides gloves into individual sealed containers (blister packs) rather than storing them in open boxes. Each container maintains aseptic isolation until the moment of dispensing, eliminating the contamination pathway that occurs when multiple gloves are exposed in a single open box near water sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs disposable sealed containers that are discarded after single use. Each blister pack is designed for one-time opening and dispensing, ensuring that the glove extraction point never becomes a contamination source, unlike reusable open boxes that require ongoing maintenance of sterility.
2Device complexity
If traditional box dispensing systems are used, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability of aseptic protection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses flexible blister packs made of thin plastic films with integrated seals. These flexible containers maintain structural integrity for aseptic protection while being simple enough to dispense from standard racks, achieving both reliability and ease of implementation.
Solution Approach 2:
Gloves are pre-sealed in sterile containers during manufacturing before distribution. The aseptic protection is established in advance during the manufacturing process rather than relying on the dispensing system to maintain sterility, shifting the reliability burden to the manufacturing stage where control is more precise.
3Productivity
If automated mass production packaging is implemented, then productivity increases, but device complexity and difficulty of implementation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention standardizes container dimensions, seal types, and rack mounting parameters to enable automated manufacturing. By defining specific geometric and material parameters for the blister packs and racks, the system becomes compatible with automated assembly lines while maintaining simplicity of the basic design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively reduces the risk of glove contamination and facilitates mass production by ensuring gloves are dispensed safely and hygienically, lowering the incidence of hospital infections and diagnostic errors.
Implementation Method 1
The internal surface of the container is coated with a biocidal substance. The area of the opening hole for extracting gloves is coated with a biocidal substance.
Implementation Method 2
The container for at least one glove is made of a waterproof material which is preferably of a plastic.
Implementation Method 3
The container for at least one glove is attached to a rack tilted at an angle relative to the ground where the opening hole for extracting gloves is oriented downwards and towards the ground. the force of gravity both facilitates extracting the glove and helps prevent impurities and water from getting inside the container
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AI summary
The method of protecting the protective gloves against contamination consists in placing at least one glove (2 of Fig 1) in the container (1 of Fig 1) made of waterproof material, preferably plastic, which is then sealed, whereas the cuff of at least one glove (2 of Fig 3) is placed in the immediate vicinity of the glove removal hole (7 of Fig 1), so that after detaching the closure, the glove (2 of Fig 1) is gripped by the cuff. The container and the system used to implement this method is also the subject of the invention.