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United States Patent | 5,335,373 |
Dresdner, Jr. , et al. | August 9, 1994 |
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.
Inventors: | Dresdner, Jr.; Karl P. (New York City, NY), Dangman; Kenneth H. (New York City, NY), Jazlowiecki; Edward A. (Forestville, CT) |
Appl. No.: | 07/800,487 |
Filed: | November 29, 1991 |
Current U.S. Class: | 2/161.7 ; 2/167; 2/168; 604/292 |
Current International Class: | A41D 19/00 (20060101); A61B 19/04 (20060101); A61B 19/00 (20060101); A61L 31/16 (20060101); A61L 31/14 (20060101); A41D 019/00 () |
Field of Search: | 2/167,168,169,164,161R,159,161.7,901 128/292,306,307 604/292 |
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