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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1995
Daniel T Stein, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An improved surgical glove is provided having reinforcing pads formed over the distal finger and thumb pulps and over the metacarpal-phalangeal joints. The fingertips and thumb tips are the most likely region of a surgical glove to be accidentally penetrated by a needle during a surgical procedure. The remaining portions of the surgical glove are of conventional thickness and flexibility, thereby assuring adequate mobility of the fingers and hand, such that precise surgical procedures may be performed while using the improved glove. A method for forming the glove and a glove mold are also disclosed. The glove is formed by dipping a glove mold in a liquid such as latex. The glove mold has recesses on volar sides of distal ends of the digits to retain a greater thickness of the liquid to form the reinforcing pads.