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US5500957:
Surgical glove
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Stein, Daniel T.; Newport Beach, CA 92660
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-03-26
/ 1995-02-14
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| Application Number: |
US1995000388910
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/00;
A61B 19/04;
B29D 99/00;
IPC-7:
A41D 19/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/00P2; A41D19/00P10R; A61B19/04; B29D99/00N3; L29L31/48D6;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/169;
264/299;
425/275;
Original:
002/169;
425/275;
264/299;
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| Field of Search: |
002/168,163,161.7,161.8,169,161.6,167
264/299,DIG. 30,222,301,303,306,304
425/002,275
249/055
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-02-14 |
US1995000388910 |
| 1993-03-18 |
US1993000033114 |
| 1992-01-21 |
US1992000823261 |
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| Abstract: |
An improved surgical glove is provided having reinforcing pads formed over the distal finger and thumb pulps and over the metacarpal-phalangeal joints. The fingertips and thumb tips are the most likely region of a surgical glove to be accidentally penetrated by a needle during a surgical procedure. The remaining portions of the surgical glove are of conventional thickness and flexibility, thereby assuring adequate mobility of the fingers and hand, such that precise surgical procedures may be performed while using the improved glove. A method for forming the glove and a glove mold are also disclosed. The glove is formed by dipping a glove mold in a liquid such as latex. The glove mold has recesses on volar sides of distal ends of the digits to retain a greater thickness of the liquid to form the reinforcing pads.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Price, Gess, & Ubell ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Vanatta, Amy B.;
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| Parent Case: |
This is a File Wrapper continuation application under 37 C.F.R. Section 1.62 of application Ser. No. 08/033,114, filed on Mar. 18, 1993, now abandoned, which application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/823,261, filed on Jan. 21, 1992, now abandoned, for a SURGICAL GLOVE.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. In a mold for dipping into a bath of a liquid that will yield a flexible material upon drying to form a surgical glove, the improvement comprising shallow cavities for retaining the liquid, the cavities limited to volar sides of distal ends of one or more of thumb and finger portions of an outer surface of the mold for retaining a greater thickness of the liquid within the shallow liquid retaining cavities than along remaining portions of the surface of the mold when the mold is dipped into the liquid to provide a thickened portion of flexible material over the volar side of the distal end of the finger and thumb portions of the surgical glove.
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