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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2020
Stethoglove Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Ian Alexander Webb, London, GB;
STETHOGLOVE GMBH, , DE;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a medical hand covering for tightly enclosing a hand holding a medical instrument to prevent and/or minimize transmission of infectious agents upon examination. The medical hand covering may be prepared by a variety of methods, such as dipping and curing or welding and die cutting. The medical hand covering may have a variety of uses, such as minimizing transmission of infectious agents and reduce anxiety in patients via inclusion of a printed character on the medical hand covering. Also disclosed herein are methods for packaging, devices for dispensing, methods for dispensing, and kits encompassing the medical hand coverings described herein.