Patent Application
20090271910
The present invention deals with gloves and more specifically; with smooth latex surgical gloves. That is designed to provide environmental protection and comfort for the glove users.
For many years gloves have been widely used as a primary barrier or protection against the spread of diseases in various situations, including direct medical care, surgery, and dental care and in food handling purposes. To glove users, the essential properties apart from protection are the comfort and ease of movement in performing routine duties while gloves are been worn.
Conventional gloves are in perfect harmony with there use in hospitals and restaurants even in cleaning services. The flexibility and protection against the environment is accurate.
The invention of layered gloves containing a cooling agent is aimed at providing cancer patients facing quimotherapy the alternative of a more comfortable process while receiving treatment.
It is desirable, therefore to provide a latex glove with a cooling agent that will protect the patient's nerve endings from been damaged by the treatment.
An ambidextrous latex glove of unitary construction and uniform composition is provided with materials in the area of the fingers that are to be protected by cold temperature providing the user with the necessary degree of temperature to avoid damage to nerve ending of the fingers and avoiding the loss of sensitivity and the loss of the nail bed and in consequence the loss of the nail it self.
An ambidextrous latex glove is provided with a smooth surface and can be in different colors according to size to make the recognition of size easy for the medical worker applying the treatment. The gloves are manufactured from a specially designed porcelain mitten mold and dipped in the compounding ingredients to produce the inventive glove.
These gloves can be easily put on to the hand the usual way conventional gloves are worn. And can be fasten with ease by the person applying the treatment to the person wearing the glove.
The glove is shaped like a mitten and can come in different sizes, extra-small, small, medium, large and extra-large.
The cooling agent would be placed in a pocket like layer on the inside of the glove (built in) only at the front end (section A in
The glove shaped like a mitten is of unitary construction and uniform composition namely a single piece of hollow latex and material in the form of a mitten glove.
The glove can be worn on either the right or left hand, only by moving the thumb position to either side as needed, the opening too would be in accordance to the size needed by the person wearing the glove
For example, assume the glove, size medium is to be put on a hand (not shown) with the palm of the hand facing up. To wear the glove on the right had it would be positioned the thumb part on the right side to correspond with the thumb position of the right hand, palm up. For a left hand with its palm facing up, the glove would be flipped over to position the thumb part on the left side.
A band is included around the opening and encased on the latex rubber material of the gloves construction. The band ensures a snug, proper fit and prevents the glove from rolling upward on the hand of the user.
In the preceding specification, the invention has been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments thereof it will however be evident that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims that fallow. The specification and drawings are accordingly to be regarded in an illustrative manner rather than a restrictive sense.
