Patent Application
20230381474
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The disclosure relates to medicated gloves and more particularly pertains to a new medicated glove for alleviating pain resulting from a burn and preventing infection.
The prior art relates to medicated gloves which apply a medicated topical treatment to a hand of a user through various means, including a lotion absorbent material lining a lotion impervious material and coating an inner surface with a dehydrated material to be hydrated by the user's perspiration. But the prior art does not disclose a medicated glove that simultaneously applies a medication to the skin and utilizes a compression treatment for reducing painful swelling and increased blood flow.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a glove comprising a contoured layer constructed of an elastically stretchable, liquid-impermeable material. An elastic tension force in the glove compresses a hand wearing the glove for improved blood flow and reduced swelling. A medicinal liquid coats a portion of the interior surface, which applies to a burn on the skin of the hand when the burn contacts the liquid.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The interior surface 16 includes a plurality of portions, the plurality of portions including a palm portion 36, a back portion 40, a wrist portion 42, and a plurality of digit portions 38, wherein the palm portion 36 covers the palm 28, the back portion 40 covers the back 30 of the hand 24, the wrist portion 42 covers the wrist 32, and each digit portion 38 of the plurality of digit portions 38 covers an associated digit 26 when the glove 12 is in the worn position 34. A liquid 44 including lidocaine and an antibiotic coats each portion of the interior surface 16. Lidocaine is a local anesthetic commonly used to soothe burns. An antibiotic is an antibacterial agents used for treating and preventing bacterial infections. The liquid 44 is configured to apply to a skin 46 of the hand 24 when the skin 46 contacts the liquid 44. The liquid 44 is configured to apply to a burn 48 on the skin 46 of the hand 24 when the burn 48 contacts the liquid.
In use, a hand 24 including a burn 48 is positioned inside the glove 12. The glove 12 compresses the hand 24, promoting blood flow and counteracting painful swelling. The burn 48 contacts the liquid 44 including the lidocaine and the antibiotic. The lidocaine soothes the pain, and the antibiotic prevents bacteria from infecting the burn 48.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
