Folded surgical gown for aseptic donning, apparatus and method for producing same
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1. A surgical gown comprising:
- a main gown configured to cover a predetermined area of a wearer'"'"'s body, said main gown having a back portion and an opposed front portion, said front portion having respective left and right flaps;
left and right sleeves attached to said main gown to extend from respective lateral sides thereof;
said surgical gown being folded in a manner including;
(a) each of said left and right flaps being turned at least partially back upon itself to expose an interior surface of said main gown;
(b) said left and right sleeves each being folded behind said back portion of said main gown;
(c) said main gown being back folded along first and second longitudinal fold lines extending substantially parallel to said lateral sides thereof;
(d) said main gown being further back folded after folding along said longitudinal fold lines along at least one transverse fold line substantially transverse to said lateral sides of said main gown to define left and right hand pockets; and
(d) said main gown being folded along a third longitudinal fold line to form a folded surgical gown such that said left and right hand pockets are located on opposite sides thereof.
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Abstract
A surgical gown in an improved folded arrangement, as well as methods and apparatus for producing same. Like prior art book-folds, the folded arrangement includes left and right hand pockets to facilitate aseptic donning by a medical professional. Unlike prior art book-folds, however the folded arrangement of the invention employs a unique fold sequence particularly amenable to automated processing. Methods of the invention are directed to the specific fold sequences that can be utilized to produce the folded arrangement. Apparatus for producing the folded arrangement includes a number of operative sections functionally arranged in series.
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1. A surgical gown comprising:
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a main gown configured to cover a predetermined area of a wearer'"'"'s body, said main gown having a back portion and an opposed front portion, said front portion having respective left and right flaps; left and right sleeves attached to said main gown to extend from respective lateral sides thereof; said surgical gown being folded in a manner including; (a) each of said left and right flaps being turned at least partially back upon itself to expose an interior surface of said main gown; (b) said left and right sleeves each being folded behind said back portion of said main gown; (c) said main gown being back folded along first and second longitudinal fold lines extending substantially parallel to said lateral sides thereof; (d) said main gown being further back folded after folding along said longitudinal fold lines along at least one transverse fold line substantially transverse to said lateral sides of said main gown to define left and right hand pockets; and (d) said main gown being folded along a third longitudinal fold line to form a folded surgical gown such that said left and right hand pockets are located on opposite sides thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of folding a surgical gown having a main gown to which respective left and right sleeves are attached, said method comprising steps of:
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(a) folding left and right flaps of said main gown at least partially back upon themselves to expose an interior surface of said main gown; (b) folding said left and right sleeves behind a back portion of said main gown; (c) folding said main gown back along first and second longitudinal fold lines extending substantially parallel to respective lateral sides thereof; (d) folding said main gown back along at least one transverse fold line extending substantially transverse to said lateral sides of said main gown to define left and right hand pockets after folding along said first and second longitudinal fold lines; and (e) folding said main gown along a third longitudinal fold line to form a folded surgical gown such that said left and right hand pockets are located on opposite sides thereof. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of folding a long-sleeved garment having a back portion and an opposed front portion defining left and right flaps, said method comprising steps of:
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(a) folding said left and right flaps at least partially back upon themselves to expose an interior surface of said garment; (b) folding left and right sleeves of said garment behind said back portion at an acute angle to a transverse dimension thereof; (c) folding a selected length of said garment back along an initial transverse fold; (d) folding said garment back along first and second longitudinal fold lines extending substantially parallel to respective lateral sides thereof; and (e) folding said garment back along two subsequent transverse fold lines extending substantially transverse to said lateral sides such that said garment has a longitudinal length less than approximately one-fourth an original longitudinal length thereof. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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