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US 2018/0021182 A1Published application
Medical towel and method for manufacturing
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorsXingQuan (Peter) REN, Jim O'BRIAN, Tom PISTELLA
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Abstract
A dye free medical towel and a method of making thereof, comprising natural, dye free, cotton absorbent cloth material, the towel having a first reduced glare characteristic and reduced linting.
Claims21
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A method for producing a dye-free medical towel from a dye-free cotton material, comprising:
- preparing the dye-free cotton material for processing by:
- disposing the dye-free cotton material into a container and adding first water at a first temperature to the container;
- and
- adding a scouring agent to the container to form a first solution, the first solution including the first water and the scouring agent, and soaking the dye-free cotton material in the first solution;
- degreasing, after the preparing, the dye-free cotton material by:
- heating the solution to a second temperature greater than the first;
- adding a degreasing agent to the container to form a second solution, the second solution including the first water, the scouring agent, and the degreasing agent, and soaking the dye-free cotton material in the second solution;
- and
- removing the second solution;
- forming, after the degreasing, the dye-free cotton material into a dye-free medical towel.
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