The Buckeye Cellulose Corporation

Linda Hebert Smith

Robert C Johnson

A liquid impervious cuff assembly for a disposable surgical gown or the like comprising a stockinette folded back upon itself to form a double-walled, substantially cylindrical cuff envelope folded at its forward end, open at its rearward end and having inner and outer walls. A layer of liquid impervious material is located between the inner and outer walls of the cuff envelope. The open end of the cuff envelope and the fluid impervious layer between the wall thereof are attached to the free end of a surgical gown sleeve. This attachement may be accomplished by sewing the inner wall, the liquid impervious layer and the outer wall at the open end of the cuff envelope to the free end of the surgical sleeve. The cuff assembly may be adhesively attached to the free end of the gown sleeve. For example, the inner wall, liquid impervious layer and outer wall of the cuff envelope at the open end thereof may be arranged in an overlapping orientation and each adhered directly to the free end of the surgical gown sleeve by adhesive means.

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Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Linda Hebert Smith