Controlled adhesion glove

Abstract

A glove is provided that contains a low adhesion layer to minimize the difficulties that can be associated with handling pressure sensitive adhesive containing products, such as pressure sensitive medical tapes, while wearing the glove.

1 . A medical glove comprising: a glove with a glove body with inside and outside surfaces, a low-adhesion layer positioned on at least a portion of the outside surface of said glove body, said low-adhesion layer having a glove body facing surface and an outwardly facing exterior surface, and wherein the outwardly facing exterior surface of said low-adhesion layer further comprises a low-adhesion exterior surface to which the peel force of standard medical tapes is less than about 4 Newtons.  
   
   
       2 . The medical glove of  claim 1  further comprising: a glove with a low-adhesion exterior surface to which the peel force of standard medical tapes is less than about 4 Newtons, and wherein the peel force is measured at a peel angle of 180 degrees and a rate of 11 inches per minute for a 2 inch wide tape.  
   
   
       3 . The medical glove of  claim 1  wherein said peel force is less than about 1.65 Newtons.  
   
   
       4 . The medical glove of  claim 1  wherein said peel value is less than about 0.89 Newtons.  
   
   
       5 . The medical glove of  claim 1  wherein said low-adhesion layer comprises a siloxane polymer.  
   
   
       6 . The medical glove of  claim 5  wherein said siloxane polymer is cross-linked.  
   
   
       7 . The medical glove of  claim 1  wherein said low-adhesion layer comprises a polycarbamate.  
   
   
       8 . Glove of  claim 1  wherein said glove body comprises a latex rubber.  
   
   
       9 . The medical glove of  claim 1  wherein said glove body comprises nitrile rubber.  
   
   
       10 . The medical glove of  claim 1  wherein said glove body comprises a vinyl material.  
   
   
       11 . The medical glove of  claim 1  wherein the peel force of a 2 inch wide medical tape is less than about 4 Newtons and wherein the subsequent peel performance of the medical tape is at least about 75% of the peel performance of the medical tape before contact with the glove.  
   
   
       12 . A medical glove comprising: a glove adapted to handle pressure sensitive adhesive coated products comprising a glove with a glove body with inside and outside surfaces, a low-adhesion layer positioned on at least a portion of the outside surface of said glove body, said low-adhesion layer having a glove body facing surface and an outwardly facing exterior surface, and wherein said outwardly facing exterior surface of said low-adhesion layer further comprises a low-adhesion exterior surface, and wherein said low-adhesion layer is present in at least the areas of the outside surface of said glove body likely to come into contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive of medical tapes when handling such tapes, and wherein the peel force of the medical tapes to the exterior surface of the glove in the areas containing this low-adhesion layer is less than about 70% of what the force would be to the glove body absent said low adhesion layer.  
   
   
       13 . The medical glove of  claim 12  wherein the peel force of the medical tapes to the exterior surface of the glove in the areas containing this low-adhesion layer is less than about 30% of what the force would be to the glove body absent said low adhesion layer.  
   
   
       14 . The medical glove of  claim 12  wherein the peel force of the medical tapes to the exterior surface of the glove in the areas containing this low-adhesion layer is less than about 20% of what the force would be to the glove body absent said low adhesion layer.  
   
   
       15 . The medical glove of  claim 14  wherein the low adhesion layer further comprises a siloxane polymer.  
   
   
       16 . A medical glove comprising: a glove with a low-adhesion exterior surface adapted to contact and be removed from the adhesive surface of a pressure sensitive adhesive tape wherein the subsequent peel value of the contacted area of the adhesive tape is greater than about 75 percent of that of the non-contacted areas of the tape.  
   
   
       17 . A method of producing a glove with a low-adhesion layer on the outside surface comprising the steps of 
 (a) providing a glove with inside and outside surfaces;    (b) providing a solution of a cross-linkable low-adhesion material;    (c) applying the solution of the low-adhesion material onto the outside surface of the glove such that only the exterior surface of the glove is exposed to the solution;    (d) drying the glove to remove the solvent from the solution; and    (e) cross-linking the low-adhesion material.    
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the step of applying the solution to the outside of the glove further comprises dipping the glove into the solution of a low-adhesion material such that only the outside of the glove is exposed to the solution, and removing the glove from the solution.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the solution of low-adhesion material is a solution of a siloxane based polymer  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the cross-linking step is achieved by heating.  
   
   
       21 . A method of producing a glove with a low-adhesion layer on the outside surface comprising the steps of: 
 (f) providing a glove with inside and outside surfaces;    (g) providing a solution of a low-adhesion material;    (h) dipping the glove into the solution of the low-adhesion material such that at least a portion of the outside surface of the glove is contacted by the solution;    (i) removing the glove from the solution; and    (j) drying the glove.    
   
   
       22 . The method of  claim 21  wherein the solution of low-adhesion material is a solution of a polycarbamate.