Disposable puncture and cut resistant surgical gloves

Abstract

A cut and puncture resistant surgical glove having puncture resistance of over 2,000 grams with flexibility, the glove comprising a glove within a glove with the puncture resistant material being placed between the inner and outer glove. The resistant material retained in place without impairing the glove flexibility.

1 . A cut and puncture resistant surgical glove comprising:
 first and second surgical gloves forming an inner and outer glove, respectively;   puncture resistant units being deposited in the space between said inner and outer gloves, said units being held in place by a magnetic force;   a hand shaped former to support and retain said units in a position on the outer surface of said inner glove;   means for combining said outer glove with the inner glove on said former to form a completed surgical glove; and   means for removing said completed glove from said mold.   
     
     
         2 . The surgical glove of  claim 1  wherein said units comprise layers of ferrite containing Mylar. 
     
     
         3 . The surgical glove of  claim 1  wherein said units are magnetized when deposited on the outer surface of the inner glove by the force produced by magnets embedded on the surface of said former. 
     
     
         4 . The surgical glove of  claim 2  wherein the number of Mylar layers is in the range between 40 and 70. 
     
     
         5 . The surgical glove of  claim 4  wherein the thickness of said 70 layer Mylar is about 0.030 inches and the thickness of said 40 layer Mylar is about 0.020 inches. 
     
     
         6 . A method of fabricating a cut and puncture resistant surgical glove comprising the steps of:
 providing a metal former having a plurality of holes formed therein;   inserting magnets in said holes;   securing said magnets in said holes;   covering the surface of said former with a latex glove forming a first assembly;   placing said first assembly in a chamber having liquid therein;   distributing a plurality of puncture resistant units on the surface of said liquid;   placing an inner glove mounted on said former in said chamber;   the magnets securing said units to the surface of said inner latex glove;   removing said former with the inner glove in place and coated with said units from said chamber;   positioning a second glove member over said inner glove to form a second assembly; and   removing said mold from said second assembly to form said surgical glove.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein said puncture resistant materials comprise ferrite containing Mylar.