US20100043120A1

US20100043120A1 - Medical glove

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Publication number: US20100043120A1
Application number: US12/196,997
Authority: US
Inventors: Kwan Jae LEE
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-08-22
Filing date: 2008-08-22
Publication date: 2010-02-25

Abstract

A medical glove includes a glove body shaped to wrap a user's hand and a slip prevention part constituted by pieces formed at one side of the glove body to prevent an object gripped by the glove body from slipping. The respective pieces of the slip prevention part are arranged at predetermined intervals so that the user wearing the glove body can perceive the object through spaces. An object being gripped by the medical glove, such as an endoscope device, can be prevented from slipping on or off even when a lubricant is applied to the endoscope device and the medical glove. The medical glove is provided with the slip prevention part directly formed thereon, and any intermediate member for preventing a slip of the object is not necessary. As a result, hygiene in the medical act or the operation of the endoscope device can be improved.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a medical glove, and more particularly, to a medical glove capable of improving convenience in operating medical tools.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
Doctors generally use an endoscope device when examining the internal state of a patient. In other words, doctors examine the patient's large intestine, stomach and so on using an endoscope device.
Here, when operating the endoscope device, the doctor wears medical gloves and applies lubricant to the medical gloves and the endoscope device for smooth insertion of the endoscope device into the patient's organs such as the large intestine or the stomach.
Thus wearing the medical gloves applied with the lubricant, the doctor inserts the endoscope device into the patient's body.
However, according to the above conventional method, there are a few problems as follows.
Since the medical gloves are applied with the lubricant, the endoscope device may idle or slip on the medical glove and therefore it becomes hard for the doctor to operate the endoscope device.
To prevent such a slip of the endoscope device on or off the medical gloves caused by the lubricant, a dedicated member, for example, gauze wrapping the endoscope device has been used together. In this case, however, the gauze may adhere to the endoscope device or even get into the patient's body along with the endoscope device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a medical glove that substantially obviate one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a medical glove capable of preventing a slip of an endoscope device thereon even when the medical glove and the endoscope device are applied with lubricant.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a medical glove capable of improving operational convenience since not requiring a dedicated intermediate member, and preventing contamination thereof.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a medical glove comprises a glove body shaped to wrap a user's hand; and a slip prevention part constituted by a plurality of pieces formed at one side of the glove body to prevent an object gripped by the glove body from slipping on or off the glove body, wherein the respective pieces of the slip prevention part are arranged at predetermined intervals so that the user wearing the glove body can perceive the object through spaces among the pieces of the slip prevention part.
Here, the slip prevention part may be formed at a thumb part and an index finger part of the glove body.
The slip prevention part may be made of an unwoven fabric.
The slip prevention part may be made of silicon.
The slip prevention part may be formed at a middle finger part and a palm part of the glove body.
As apparent from the above description, in accordance with the medical glove according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, because a slip prevention part is provided to the medical glove, an endoscope device can be prevented from slipping on or off the medical glove although a lubricant is applied to the endoscope device and the medical glove. Accordingly, more convenient operation of the endoscope device can be achieved. Furthermore, since no intermediate member for preventing slip of the endoscope device is dedicatedly required, hygiene in operation of the endoscope device can be improved.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and along with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a medical glove according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a medical glove according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a medical glove according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
As shown in FIG. 1 through FIG. 3, a medical glove according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a glove body 2 configured to wrap a user' hand, and a slip prevention part 4 formed on one side of the glove part 2, being constituted by a plurality of pieces, to prevent an object gripped by the hand wearing the medical glove from slipping on or off the medical glove.
More specifically, as shown in the drawings, the glove body 2 has a shape of a hand, that is, a general glove shape extending up to a wrist part. Although various materials may be employed for the glove body 2, it is preferred that the globe body 2 is made of latex in consideration of safety in the medical acts to be performed to human beings and animals.
In addition, the material for the glove body 2 needs to be in the form of a thin membrane for better perception of the user's hand with respect to the object in contact with the hand through the medium of the glove body 2. That is, a material of general thick rubber gloves is not proper for the glove body 2.
The slip prevention part 4 is provided on the medical gloves to prevent a slip of the object being picked up or gripped by the user's hand wearing the glove body 2. To this end, the slip prevention part 4 may be formed at positions on the glove body 2 which are actually brought into contact with the object when the glove body 2 grips the object. For example, in case of the object is an endoscope device, the slip prevention part 4 can be formed at a thumb part 2 a and an index finger part 2 b of the glove body 2.
The slip prevention part 4 may be made of a skidproof material, that is, having a high frictional coefficient, such as silicon. Otherwise, the slip prevention part 4 may be made of an unwoven fabric or a cotton fabric. The reason of using such a rough material for the slip prevention part 4 is to endow the slip prevention part 4 with a frictional force considering that a lubricant is applied to the glove body 2 for more convenient operation especially when the user examines the patient with an endoscope device.
In addition, the reason of using the silicon, unwoven fabric or cotton fabric for the material of the glove body 2 is to secure safety in use of the medical gloves to a human body. In other words, other materials containing chemical substances that are harmful to the human body or a sandy material cannot be used for the medical gloves.
Meanwhile, instead of separately forming and attaching the slip prevention part 4 to necessary positions of the glove body 2, it is also possible to make uneven parts (not shown) by deforming the glove body 2 such that the endoscope device does not slip on or off the glove body 2 when the glove body 2 grips the endoscope device. However, it is still preferred that the uneven parts are made of a material having a high frictional coefficient.
Additionally, the slip prevention part 4 may comprise a plurality of pieces rather than only one part formed on the glove body 2 by a predetermined area. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the slip prevention part 4 may be formed as the plurality of pieces arranged at predetermined intervals such that a space can be secured for the user to sense the object through the glove body 2.
Here, it is required to minimize the area of the glove body 2 covered with the slip prevention part 4 so that the user's perception of the object through the glove body 2 is not deteriorated, as long as the slip prevention part 4 can perform its basic function. To this end, it is preferred that a the slip prevention part 4 comprises a lot of small pieces in order to restrain interruption of the user's perception with respect to the object through the glove body 2 while maintaining the basic function.
For example, the slip prevention part 4 may be formed as a plurality of circular pieces as shown in the drawings. Also, however, it will be surely understood that the slip prevention part 4 may have polygonal shapes.
The slip prevention part 4 may be concentrated to the thumb part 2 a and the index finger part 2 b of the glove body 2 because the medical gloves are usually used for medical acts and operation of medial tools, in other words, the user's thumb and index finger are most frequently used during the medical acts or operation.
As shown in FIG. 2, if necessary, the slip prevention part 4 may be extended up to a middle finger part 2 c of the glove body 2. The slip prevention part 4 may be formed at a part or the whole part of the palm of the glove body 2 in order to secure the frictional force through a larger area. As shown in FIG. 3, therefore, the slip prevention part 4 may be formed throughout the glove body 2.
Hereinafter, the operation of the medical glove having the above described structure will be described in detail.
Presuming that the user performs a medical act, for example, examines a patient using an endoscope device, the user puts on the medical glove and applies the lubricant to the whole surface of the glove body 2.
Here, the lubricant is applied to the endoscope device and the medical glove such that the endoscope device can be smoothly inserted and moved through the patient's mouth and gullet, or the anus and the large intestine.
While inserting the endoscope device into the patient's body, the user may rotate the endoscope device to photograph the internal organs of the patient or additionally inject medicine in the patient's body through the endoscope device.
Like this, when the user has to take another act while inserting the endoscope device into the patient's body, the slip prevention part 4 formed on the medical glove helps the user stably perform the act in spite of the lubricant applied throughout the glove body 2 of the medical glove.
Especially when operating the endoscope device, the user mainly uses the thumb part 2 a and the index finger part 2 b. Therefore, the slip prevention part 4 is concentratively formed at the thumb part 2 a and the index finger part 2 b so that the object such as the endoscope device can be prevented from slipping on or off the medical glove, and the contacting area between the user's hand and the object through the glove body 2 can be maximized.
As can be appreciated from the above description, the medical gloves according to the embodiments of the present invention have advantages as follows.
Since a slip prevention part is prepared, an object being gripped by the medical glove, such as an endoscope device, can be prevented from slipping on or off the medical glove even when a lubricant is applied to the endoscope device and the medical glove. Accordingly, the user is able to operate the endoscope device more conveniently.
In addition, the medical glove is provided with the slip prevention part directly formed thereon, any intermediate member for preventing a slip of the object is not necessary. As a result, the medical act or the operation of the endoscope device can be performed more hygienically.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventions. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A medical glove comprising:

a glove body shaped to wrap a user's hand; and

a slip prevention part constituted by a plurality of pieces formed at one side of the glove body to prevent an object gripped by the glove body from slipping on or off the glove body,

wherein the respective pieces of the slip prevention part are arranged at predetermined intervals so that the user wearing the glove body can perceive the object through spaces among the pieces of the slip prevention part.

2. The medical glove according to claim 1, wherein the slip prevention part is formed at a thumb part and an index finger part of the glove body.

3. The medical glove according to claim 1, wherein the slip prevention part is made of an unwoven fabric.

4. The medical glove according to claim 1, wherein the slip prevention part is made of silicon.

5. The medical glove according to claim 1, wherein the slip prevention part is formed at a middle finger part and a palm part of the glove body.