Powder free neoprene surgical gloves
AssigneeAllegiance Corporation
InventorsGeorge Bourne, Theresa A. Moceri, Yun-Siung Tony Yeh
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Abstract
A unique powder-free medical glove fabricated from a neoprene copolymer, and a method of making same is described. The gloves of the invention are easily donned without the use of powdered donning agents and retain their puncture resistance, tensile strength, stress at 500% and elongation to break after post-processing by chlorination and sterilization by irradiation. Additionally, the gloves of the invention exhibit minimal discoloration (as measured by the per cent change in yellowness index) and minimal stickiness to themselves and to glove packing materials after sterilization by irradiation.
Claims11
A powder-free glove fabricated from a neoprene copolymer having a tensile strength of at least about 2500 psi, a stress at 500% no greater than about 1015 psi, an elongation to break of at least about 650% and a stickiness no greater than about 0.2 lbs wherein the glove is sterilized by treatment with electron beam radiation.
A powder-free glove fabricated from a neoprene copolymer of chloroprene and 2,3-dichlorobLitacliene blended with an elastomer selected fram the group consisting of nitrile rubber, polyisoprene, styrene butadiene rubber and butyl rubber wherein said glove is sterilized by treatment with electron beam radiation and has a tensile strength of at least about 2500 psi, a stress at 500% no greater than about 1015 psi, an elongation to break of at least about 650% and a stickiness no greater than about 0.2 lbs.
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