Fujifilm Imaging Colorants, Inc.

Regent Medical Limited

Simon Pickard

Martin Edwards

Daniel Morris

Oliver Callaghan

Mohammed Nawaz

Helena Venables

Gareth Hilton

James Doran

Daniel Patrick Morris

A surgical glove has inner and outer surfaces. At least one of the surfaces is treated with a treatment consisting of a non-ionic hydrocarbon solution with a carbon chain in the range of 8-16 and containing a hydrophilic functionality with a pH within the range 4.5-6.5. After treatment, the treated surface or surfaces are dried, the glove packaged and then irradiated. The treatment controls the initial contact angle of the surface to be less than 70 degrees, so that liquid material will spread quickly across the treated surface or surfaces, thereby ensuring that the presence of the liquid, indicative of the glove having been compromised, is visible to the wearer or other observer as quickly as possible.

Puncture indicating gloves

The invention provides a process for the manufacture of a toner which comprises the steps of: wherein R is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical which may be optionally substituted and Zis a bond or linker groupand wherein the amount of carboxy functional compound of Formula (1) provided is greater than 3% by weight, the amount of carboxy functional compound being calculated according to the following equation:  The process advantageously may produce a toner of small size and narrow particle size distribution. The present invention also provides a toner manufactured by the process.

Toner and manufacturing process therefor

The invention provides a process for the manufacture of a toner which comprises the steps of: wherein R is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical which may be optionally substituted and Zis a bond or linker group,on condition that the amount of carboxy functional compound of Formula (1) provided in acid and/or salt form is at least 1.5% by weight, wherein the amount of carboxy functional compound is calculated according to the following equation:  The process advantageously may produce a toner of small size and narrow particle size distribution. The present invention also provides a toner manufactured by the process.

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Simon Pickard