Surgical sleeve for glove retention
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMichael Mathis, John Rotella, Ajay Houde
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Abstract
A protective garment, such as a surgical gown, includes a garment body defining sleeves. A cuff may be secured at respective ends of the sleeves. A circumferentially extending coating is disposed on the sleeves beginning at the sleeve or cuff. The coating has a high friction surface such that an end of a glove pulled over the coating is inhibited from rolling or sliding back over the coating and down the sleeve. The coating may be formed of a low-tack surface modifier and may include a dye or colorant that may be used to indicate the fluid protection level of, for example, a surgical gown.
Claims20
A protective garment, comprising:
- a garment body, said garment body defining sleeves;
- a cuff secured at respective ends of said sleeves;
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- a circumferentially extending coating of a first low-tack material applied to said sleeves, said coating comprising a high friction surface such that an end of a glove pulled over said coating is inhibited from rolling or sliding back over said coating;
- wherein said sleeves are essentially free of a circumferentially extending polymeric band.
The protective garment as in claim 9, wherein said low-tack material is an adhesive.
A protective garment, comprising:
- a garment body, said garment body defining sleeves;
- and a circumferentially extending coating formed on said sleeves from a distal end of said sleeves, said coating comprising a high friction surface such that an end of a glove pulled over said coating is inhibited from rolling or sliding back over said coating, wherein said sleeves are essentially free of a circumferentially extending polymeric band
A surgical gown, comprising:
- a gown body with sleeves;
- a cuff secured at respective ends of said sleeves;
- and between about 10 and 30 gsm of an amorphous alphapolyolefin polymer coating extending circumferentially on said sleeves proximal to said cuff such that an end of a glove pulled over said coating is inhibited from rolling or sliding back over said coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.