Gown for Self-Donning While Maintaining Sterility and Methods Therefor

• US 20150135398A1
• Filed: 11/21/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Czajka, Frank, Noskowicz, David, Jaron, Amanda
• Granted Patent: US 11,116,263 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/114
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/12 Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses operating gloves A61B42/10
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2400/44 Donning facilities

Abstract

A gown (100) can include a body covering portion (101). The gown can optionally include sleeves (107,108) extending distally from the body covering portion. The gown can include a shoulder covering portion (106) defining a head insertion aperture (105). To make the gown self-donnable without compromising sterility of sterile portions, the body covering portion can include an accordion fold (302) or a rolled fold (303) beginning at an end (111) of the gown opposite the head insertion aperture and terminating at the sleeves.

Claims

1. A gown, comprising:

a body covering portion;

sleeves extending distally from the body covering portion; and

a shoulder covering portion defining a head insertion aperture;

the body covering portion comprising a rolled fold beginning at an end of the gown opposite the head insertion aperture and terminating at the sleeves.

2. The gown of claim 1, further comprising one or more pull tabs disposed within the rolled fold, each of the one or more pull tabs comprising a graspable portion extending out from the rolled fold.

3. The gown of claim 2, the graspable portion to unroll the rolled fold when pulled away from the head insertion aperture.

4. The gown of claim 2, the one or more pull tabs attached to the gown.

5. The gown of claim 2, outer portions of the rolled fold comprising an inner side of the gown.

6. The gown of claim 1, the shoulder covering portion folded inside-out through the rolled fold.

7. The gown of claim 6, the sleeves folded inside out through the shoulder covering portion.

8. The gown of claim 1, the sleeves folded across a portion of the shoulder covering portion.

9. The gown of claim 8, the shoulder covering portion folded in half.

10. The gown of claim 1, the body covering portion defining a donning opening.

11. The gown of claim 10, the donning opening disposed on a rear side of the gown.

12. The gown of claim 10, further comprising one or more closure devices disposed on each side of the donning opening.

13. The gown of claim 12, the one or more closure devices comprising hook and loop fasteners.

14. The gown of claim 1, further comprising:

a first cut having a first cut starting point at the head insertion aperture; and

a second cut having a second cut starting point at an exterior edge of the gown opposite the head insertion aperture, wherein each cut;

extends completely through a thickness of the gown such that two adjoining cut edges are completely severed from one another;

comprises an adhesive tape strip positioned along a length of the each cut, the adhesive tape strip overlapping at least a portion of the gown on both sides of the each cut to initially secure the two adjoining cut edges to each other; and

comprises a scoreline extending along the length of the adhesive tape strip, the scoreline extending only partially through the thickness of the adhesive tape strip to permit easy tearing of the adhesive tape strip for separation of the two adjoining cut edges.

15. A method, comprising:

providing a gown;

providing one or more pull tabs; and

rolling a body covering portion of the gown from an bottom end disposed opposite a head insertion aperture toward sleeves of the gown, the rolling capturing portions of the pull tabs within a rolled fold and causing an interior side of the gown to be disposed outside the rolled fold.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising turning a shoulder covering portion of the gown inside out through the rolled fold and folding the sleeves inside out.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a donning opening along one side of the gown.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising providing a closure for the donning opening.

19. A gown, comprising:

a sterile side and another side;

an accordion fold from a bottom of the gown to sleeves of the gown, sterile side folded portions disposed interior the accordion fold and another side folded portions disposed exterior the accordion fold; and

one or more pull tabs to open the accordion fold without compromising sterility of the sterile side.

20. The gown of claim 19, portions of the sterile side disposed interior the gown.