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Medical gloves with watch viewing capabilities

US6618861B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 2001
Grant dateSep 16, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B42/10
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of multiple dipping to make gloves with a clear wrist portion, which allows glove wearers to see through the transparent wrist portion and tell time with the gloves on, is disclosed. The method is applicable to all the common materials to make gloves, or coat gloves, via dipping: including natural rubber latex, nitrile rubber latex(carboxylated or non-carboxylated), polychloroprene latex, polyisoprene latex, polyurethane latex, polyvinyl chloride and their blends, or mixtures thereof. The invention provides procedures to make compounds, which are both transparent and opaque, as well as dipping sequences for the materials. Products, with the added feature of a transparent wrist portion, are provided without sacrificing performance and without increasing production cost.

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