Barrier surgical glove
OwnerWilliam S. Pierceinventor
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Abstract
A barrier glove cot or hand covering for protecting surgeons and health care workers includes an integral tri-laminar construction with continuous inner and outer barrier layers and a central foam layer.
Claims23
A barrier surgical hand covering having a puncture-resistant and tactile sensation transmitting construction, the covering comprising:
- (a) a continuous central foam layer formed of a flexible, resilient and puncture-resistant first material having a dense matrix of spaced walls distributed throughout the layer, said walls defining a skeleton with a large number of closely spaced closed cells distributed throughout the layer;
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- (b) continuous inner and outer flexible, resilient and imperforate contamination barrier layers formed of second and third materials, one barrier layer being joined to one side of the central layer along the surface interface therebetween, said layers forming a tri-laminar construction.
A barrier surgical glove comprising:
- (a) a continuous inner barrier layer extending around the fingers and across palm of the glove;
- (b) a continuous outer barrier layer extending around the fingers and across palm of the glove outside of the inner layer;
- (c) each of said layers being formed from a flexible, resilient and imperforate barrier material;
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- (d) a continuous central layer extending around the fingers and across palm of the glove between the inner and outer barrier layers and joined to the outer layer along the interface between the layers to prevent contamination migration along the interface, said central layer being formed from flexible, resilient and puncture-resistant foam material having a dense matrix of spaced walls distributed throughout the layer, said walls defining a skeleton with a large number of closely spaced closed cells distributed throughout the skeleton.
A barrier surgical hand covering assembly adapted to be worn on the hand over a single layer surgical glove to form a puncture resistant tri-laminar construction, the assembly comprising a resilient continuous outer barrier layer having a configuration conforming to an adjacent part of the glove;
- and a continuous central layer extending around the interior of the outer barrier layer and bonded to the outer barrier along the surface interface between the layers to prevent contamination migrating along the interface, said central layer being formed from a flexible, resilient puncture-resistant foam material having a dense matrix of spaced walls distributed throughout such layer, said walls defining a skeleton with a large number of closely spaced closed cells distributed throughout the skeleton.
A barrier surgical hand covering comprising:
- (a) A continuous inner barrier layer adapted to extend over a portion of a hand;
- (b) A continuous outer barrier layer overlying the inner layer;
- (c) Each of said layers being formed from a flexible, resilient and imperforate barrier material;
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- (d) A continuous central layer located between said inner and outer layers and joined to one of said layers along an interface therebetween to prevent contamination migration along the interface, said central layer being formed from flexible, resilient and puncture-resistant closed cell foam means.
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