IP Library Granted Patent US 9,113,666
Granted Patent B2
US 9,113,666 · App. 13/468,528 · Granted Aug 25, 2015

Easily removable medical gloves

Inventor: Ashwin George (Eagan, MN)
A41D19/015A41D19/0044A41D19/0058A61B19/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,113,666
App. No.
13/468,528
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A glove sized and shaped to enclose a human hand, the medical glove having a two-layer cuff, the two layers being fixed to one another at a plurality of locations to define a plurality of spaced apart openings in the cuff, the openings accessible only outside the glove.

Claims (13)

1. A medical glove, the medical glove comprising a glove body sized and shaped to enclose a human hand, the glove body made of a glove material and having an open end to receive a human hand, the open end defined by a fold of the glove material, the glove comprising:

a hand portion, the hand portion being one layer of the glove material, and

a cuff portion extending from the hand portion to an end of the glove body, the cuff portion being two layers of the glove material, the cuff portion comprising:

a first end, the first end of the cuff portion forming the open end of the glove body;

a second end;

a width extending from the first end of the cuff portion to the second end of the cuff portion;

a plurality of first portions where the two layers of glove material are joined one to the other at a region other than the fold, the region extending at least a part of the width of the cuff portion; and

a plurality of second portions where the two layers of glove material are separated from one another, the second portions having openings which are accessible from outside the glove body.

2. The medical glove of claim 1 , having a palm side and back side opposite the palm side, the palm side and the back side connected one to the other along a first side and along a second side,

wherein the palm side and the back side each have at least one first portion disposed between the first side and the second side.

3. The medical glove of claim 1 , wherein the length of the second portions is greater than the length of the first portions.

4. The medical glove of claim 1 , wherein the width of the cuff is from 0.4 inches to 0.6 inches.

5. The medical glove of claim 1 , each second portion having a maximum length of 2 cm (0.78 inches).

Continuity (1)
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