Protective medical gloves and methods for their use
First Claim
1. A flexible protective glove with a liquid-impermeable wall having the capability to provide a liquid antiseptic composition treatment to a hand and to a hand wound should the wound occur underneath the glove while the glove is being worn when a wall of the glove is punctured by an object that may be contaminated with an infectious pathogen, comprising:
- (a) a glove wall with a liquid-impermeable outer layer comprised of a first material having a thickness of about 1 mil to about 40 mils and a liquid-impermeable less elastic inner layer composed of a second material having a thickness of about 0.3 mils to about 30 mils wherein the first material and the second material form the walls of a compartment capable of containing a liquid antiseptic composition;
(b) the liquid antiseptic composition in the compartment which comprises an antiseptic in a liquid;
(c) the glove wall capable of providing a physical barrier as a means of protective to the hand while the glove is being worn by an individual until a portion of the glove wall is punctured by an object;
(d) the glove wall capable of being punctured by the object while the glove is being worn on the hand;
(e) the glove wall having the flexibility to allow the hand of an individual in need of wearing the glove to easily and adequately perform delicate, dexterous and complex work including the work performed by a surgeon, a medical doctor, a dentist, a laboratory worker, a health care worker, a law enforcement worker, a hospital worker, and other workers;
(f) the glove having the capability to provide a coating to at least a portion of the object puncturing the glove wall;
the coating comprising the liquid antiseptic composition;
the coating on the object providing a means for immediately transferring some of the liquid antiseptic composition onto the hand and into the hand wound by the object puncturing the glove wall while the glove is being worn;
the liquid antiseptic composition transferred to the hand and to the hand wound having the capability to provide an immediate liquid antiseptic composition treatment to the hand and hand wound;
(g) the glove having the additional capability to leak some of the liquid antiseptic composition from a section of the glove wall having a hole resulting from the object puncturing the glove wall;
the hole in the outer layer may shrink while the hole in the less elastic inner layer of the glove is not as capable of contracting to a small size;
the liquid antiseptic composition leaking from the hole having the capability of flowing onto the hand and into the hand wound as a means for providing a treatment of liquid antiseptic composition to the hand and to the hand wound;
more liquid antiseptic composition may leak from the glove wall onto the hand and into the hand wound than from the glove wall onto the outer surface of the glove; and
(h) the glove having the capability of treating the hand and the hand wound with the liquid antiseptic composition when the object punctures the glove wall, when the object contacts the hand, when the object may wound the hand, and when the object may contaminate the hand and the hand wound with the infectious pathogen;
wherein the liquid antiseptic composition transferred to the hand and the hand wound can help to protect the hand, the hand wound, and the systemic circulation of the individual by killing, inactivating, and otherwise destroying the infectious pathogen that may be contaminating the hand and the hand wound.
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Abstract
A protective medical glove containing a liquid antiseptic composition and methods for its use are disclosed. The flexible glove comprises at least a thin inner layer and at least a thin outer layer of material; the outer layer is preferably the more elastic and less plastic layer. Between the layers of the glove, a liquid antiseptic composition is stored which comprises an antiseptic in a liquid. The liquid antiseptic composition may also contain a surface-active agent, an algesic agent, a colorant, a vasoconstrictive agent, a smell-causing chemical, and a viscosity-modifying agent. A glove puncture by an object may cause some transfer of liquid antiseptic composition from the glove onto the hand and into a hand wound should the wound occur; useful as an immediate treatment to help to prevent a possible systemic infection by a pathogen in the individual; the treatment can help to protect a gloved individual such as a surgeon, a medical doctor, a health care worker or another worker whose work may place them at risk of becoming contaminated by a glove-puncturing object contaminated with the AIDS virus, hepatitus B virus or another infectious pathogen.
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20 Claims
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1. A flexible protective glove with a liquid-impermeable wall having the capability to provide a liquid antiseptic composition treatment to a hand and to a hand wound should the wound occur underneath the glove while the glove is being worn when a wall of the glove is punctured by an object that may be contaminated with an infectious pathogen, comprising:
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(a) a glove wall with a liquid-impermeable outer layer comprised of a first material having a thickness of about 1 mil to about 40 mils and a liquid-impermeable less elastic inner layer composed of a second material having a thickness of about 0.3 mils to about 30 mils wherein the first material and the second material form the walls of a compartment capable of containing a liquid antiseptic composition; (b) the liquid antiseptic composition in the compartment which comprises an antiseptic in a liquid; (c) the glove wall capable of providing a physical barrier as a means of protective to the hand while the glove is being worn by an individual until a portion of the glove wall is punctured by an object; (d) the glove wall capable of being punctured by the object while the glove is being worn on the hand; (e) the glove wall having the flexibility to allow the hand of an individual in need of wearing the glove to easily and adequately perform delicate, dexterous and complex work including the work performed by a surgeon, a medical doctor, a dentist, a laboratory worker, a health care worker, a law enforcement worker, a hospital worker, and other workers; (f) the glove having the capability to provide a coating to at least a portion of the object puncturing the glove wall;
the coating comprising the liquid antiseptic composition;
the coating on the object providing a means for immediately transferring some of the liquid antiseptic composition onto the hand and into the hand wound by the object puncturing the glove wall while the glove is being worn;
the liquid antiseptic composition transferred to the hand and to the hand wound having the capability to provide an immediate liquid antiseptic composition treatment to the hand and hand wound;(g) the glove having the additional capability to leak some of the liquid antiseptic composition from a section of the glove wall having a hole resulting from the object puncturing the glove wall;
the hole in the outer layer may shrink while the hole in the less elastic inner layer of the glove is not as capable of contracting to a small size;
the liquid antiseptic composition leaking from the hole having the capability of flowing onto the hand and into the hand wound as a means for providing a treatment of liquid antiseptic composition to the hand and to the hand wound;
more liquid antiseptic composition may leak from the glove wall onto the hand and into the hand wound than from the glove wall onto the outer surface of the glove; and(h) the glove having the capability of treating the hand and the hand wound with the liquid antiseptic composition when the object punctures the glove wall, when the object contacts the hand, when the object may wound the hand, and when the object may contaminate the hand and the hand wound with the infectious pathogen;
wherein the liquid antiseptic composition transferred to the hand and the hand wound can help to protect the hand, the hand wound, and the systemic circulation of the individual by killing, inactivating, and otherwise destroying the infectious pathogen that may be contaminating the hand and the hand wound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of using a flexible protective glove with a liquid-impermeable wall on a hand of an individual to protect the hand in the event that an object contaminated with an infectious agent punctures the glove, may wound the hand and may contaminate the hand and the hand wound with the infectious pathogen, comprising the steps of:
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(a) using the glove initially as a liquid-impermeable physical barrier to infectious pathogens;
using the glove to permit the hand to perform a delicate, dexterous and complex type of work that includes the type of work performed by a surgeon, medical doctor, a dentist, a laboratory worker, a hospital health care worker, a law enforcement worker, and a hospital worker; and
storing a liquid antiseptic composition in the glove wall;(b) using the object to puncture the glove wall; (c) using the glove to coat a portion of the object puncturing the glove wall with the liquid antiseptic composition when the object punctures the compartment storing the liquid antiseptic composition; (d) using the object puncturing the glove to transfer a portion of the coating of the liquid antiseptic composition on the object, to the hand and into the hand wound when the object contacts the hand; (e) using the glove wall having the hole formed by the object as a means for leaking more liquid antiseptic composition from the glove wall onto the hand and into the hand wound than from the glove wall onto the outer surface of the glove; (f) controlling the relative size of the holes in the outer and inner glove layers to bias the direction of liquid antiseptic composition from the glove so that most of the leakage occurs across the inner glove layer onto the hand and into the hand wound rather than across the outer glove layer by selecting a material composition for the inner glove layer that is less elastic than the material composition selected for the outer glove layer; and (g) using the liquid antiseptic composition transferred from the glove to the hand and to the hand wound to kill, to inactivate, and to otherwise destroy the infectious pathogen that may have been transferred to the skin and into the hand wound by the object.
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20. A flexible protective glove with a liquid-impermeable wall having the capability to provide a liquid antiseptic composition treatment to a hand and to a hand wound should the wound occur underneath the glove while the glove is being worn when a wall of the glove is punctured by an object that may be contaminated with an infectious pathogen, comprising:
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(a) a glove wall with a liquid-impermeable outer layer comprised of a first material having a thickness of about 1 mil to about 40 mils and a liquid-impermeable inner layer composed of a second material having a thickness of about 0.3 mil to about 30 mils wherein the first material and the second material form the layers of a compartment capable of storing a liquid antiseptic composition; (b) the liquid antiseptic composition which contains a vasoconstrictive agent; (c) the glove wall capable of providing a physical barrier as a means of protection to the hand while the glove is being worn by an individual;
the glove wall capable of being punctured by the object;(d) the glove having the flexibility to allow the hand of the individual wearing the glove to easily and adequately perform delicate, dexterous and complex work including the work performed by a surgeon, medical doctor, a dentist, a laboratory worker, a health care worker, a law enforcement worker, a hospital worker and like workers; (e) the glove having the capability to provide a coating of liquid antiseptic composition to at least a portion of the object puncturing the glove wall;
the coating of liquid antiseptic composition on the object providing a means for immediately transferring some liquid antiseptic composition onto the hand and into the hand wound contacted by the object;
the liquid antiseptic composition transferred to the skin and to the hand wound having the capability to help to provide an immediate treatment of liquid antiseptic composition to the hand and to the hand wound;(f) the glove having the additional capability of leak some of the liquid antiseptic composition from a section of the glove wall having a hole resulting from the object puncturing the glove wall;
the liquid antiseptic composition leaking from the hole having the capability to flow onto the hand and into the hand wound as a means for providing a treatment of liquid antiseptic composition to the hand and to the hand wound; and(g) the glove having the capability to help to treat the hand and the hand wound with a liquid antiseptic composition when the object punctures the glove wall, when the object may contact, when the object may wound the hand, and when the object may contaminate the hand and the hand wound with the infectious pathogen;
wherein the liquid antiseptic composition transferred to the hand and to the hand wound has the capability to help to protect the hand, the hand wound and the systemic circulation of the individual by killing, inactivating, and otherwise destroying the infectious pathogen that may contaminate the hand and the hand wound.
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