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 Title: |
US5070543:
Method and means of surgical needle protection
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Beck, William C.; Sayre, PA 18840
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1991-12-10
/ 1989-02-14
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| Application Number: |
US1989000310821
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/00;
A61B 19/04;
A61B 19/00;
IPC-7:
A41D 13/10;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/00P; A41D19/00P10R; A61B19/04; K61B19/48B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/163;
002/021;
Original:
002/163;
002/021;
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| Field of Search: |
002/016,21,159,160,161 R,163,168
128/879,880
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| Priority Number: |
| 1989-02-14 |
US1989000310821 |
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| Abstract: |
A method and specifically constructed surgical gloves and glove parts for protecting a user of a surgical instrument from protrusion through his own skin by the instrument he is manipulating to cut or suture a patient comprising the following steps: a) the user wearing surgical gloves b) adding a impervious protective pad to the especially selected surface area of the surgical gloves at a location in the hand or hands of the user where it is probable that the use or surgical procedure would result in the penetration by the surgical instrument through the skin of the user through the surgical glove or gloves.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Barnard, Ralph R. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Schroeder, Werner H.; Current, Sara M.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A method of protecting a user of a surgical needle, knife or scissor's from injury and resulting infection when manipulating and cutting or suturing an infected patient comprising of steps:
- (a) confirming said user's determination of which hand would not manipulate the sharp surgical instrument and confirming what surfaces of that hand or fingers would be used by him to hold a part of the infected patient to be sutured or cut such that the sharp surgical instrument would be pointed thereagainst;
- (b) said surgeon then selecting surgical gloves to do the cutting or suturing that includes a selective minimally sized shield impervious to the passage of the sharp surgical instruments, such as a surgical needle, therethrough in the surface area of the glove located at least over the entire palmar side of the distal phalanx of the index finger of that hand; and
- (c) donning said gloves.
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