JP4478811B2 - gloves - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaged and sterilized glove and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a medical glove and a manufacturing method thereof.

  In many operations such as surgery, medical workers in the medical field, if the patient's blood, sweat, etc. contain health-inhibiting substances, are intended to protect the medical workers, and the bacteria present in the fingers of the medical workers Gloves are worn for the purpose of preventing them from being applied.

Furthermore, if a glove is damaged, there is a risk of adversely affecting the medical worker and the patient. Therefore, the medical worker wears the second glove after wearing the first glove. A glove that is easy to wear is disclosed (Patent Document 1).
Special table 2005-529641

  The work of wearing the second glove after wearing the first glove has become easier, but it is still necessary to wear the second glove, and when wearing the second glove There was a problem that it was not easy to adhere to the surface of 1 glove. Even if the medical site is sterilized as much as possible, the wearing work takes time, and there is a problem that gloves take in germs in the atmosphere during that time.

  Under such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a medical glove that is easy to wear and has few chances of adhesion of bacteria.

In order to solve the problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
(1) A glove sealed inside a package, wherein the glove is formed by laminating two or more layers of a glove structure made of rubber , and the glove is in a sterilized state. Gloves,
(2) The wrapped glove, wherein the glove is folded outward near the opening;
(3) A method for producing a packaged glove, wherein a glove in which two or more layers of glove structures made of rubber are laminated is sealed inside the package, and then sterilized.
(4) The method for producing a packaged glove as described above, wherein the sterilization operation is performed by radiation irradiation or ultraviolet irradiation.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the medical glove which is easy to wear and has few chances of adhesion of bacteria is obtained.

  First, the glove of the present invention will be described. The glove of the present invention is a laminate of two or more glove structures. Here, the glove structure means one having a glove shape. The material constituting the glove structure is preferably a material having elasticity, specifically rubber is preferable. For example, natural rubber, butadiene rubber, isoprene rubber, neoprene rubber, acrylic rubber, polyurethane rubber, vinyl chloride rubber, silicone rubber, etc. The synthetic rubber is exemplified. What is not like a knitting and does not permeate | transmit a substance substantially is preferable. However, only water vapor or air may pass therethrough.

  The outer surface of the glove is preferably a non-smooth surface such as embossing for the purpose of preventing slipping. The glove preferably has a display indicating whether it is for the right hand or the left hand.

  In the glove of the present invention, it is preferable that the glove of the present invention is folded outward in the vicinity of the opening, that is, the portion where a finger enters. Folding makes it easier for the operator to wear.

  In the packaged glove state of the present invention, the package seals the glove. The material of the package is preferably of a nature that does not allow permeation of substances in order to maintain the sterilized state of the gloves. For example, a film made of a synthetic resin such as polyolefin, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinyl acetate, polyester, polyamide or a copolymer thereof is preferably used. Furthermore, the thing of the structure where fiber structures, such as paper, a nonwoven fabric, a textile fabric, and a knitted fabric, and the said film contact | adhered is suitable.

  The glove of the present invention needs to be in a sterilized state, and a glove manufacturing method for that purpose will be described. First, a glove structure having two or more layers is prepared. Preferred glove embodiments are as previously described. Meanwhile, a package is prepared. The material of the package is as described above. The shape of the package at this stage may be a sheet shape, an envelope shape or a bag shape. In the case of a sheet, place the gloves at an appropriate place on the sheet, fold the material, and seal the gloves at necessary places by means such as heat welding or using an adhesive. In the case of an envelope shape or a bag shape, a glove is inserted from the opening, and the opening is sealed by means such as heat welding or using an adhesive.

  Sterilize after sealing the gloves inside the package. As the sterilization operation, a chemical means, a heat means, and radiation or ultraviolet irradiation are preferable. From the viewpoint of hardly deteriorating the properties of the package and gloves, a method using radiation or ultraviolet irradiation is preferably used. Examples of radiation include electron beams, gamma rays, and X-rays. As the ultraviolet rays, those having a wavelength of 400 nm or less are preferable. Depending on the type of the packaging material and the glove itself, an appropriate one is selected because it is difficult to transmit these irradiation rays and it is difficult to sterilize the glove. In particular, gamma rays and X-rays are preferable because they easily pass through regardless of the material of the package. The irradiation dose of radiation or ultraviolet rays is sufficient if it is sufficient to sterilize, but when irradiating gamma rays, the absorbed dose is preferably in the range of 10 k to 500 kGy, preferably 25 k to 100 kGy.

  A right hand mold and a left hand mold having the shape of human fingers were prepared, and a first glove structure made of natural rubber was covered on each mold. Further, a second glove structure made of natural rubber was put on each first glove structure. The material near the opening of the laminate of each glove structure in each mold was folded outward and the gloves were removed from the mold to create a pair of right and left hand gloves.

  The pair of gloves was placed on the inner packaging paper, and the pair of gloves was packaged with the inner packaging paper. The inner package including a pair of gloves was put into an envelope-shaped peel-open package made of paper, and the opening of the package was thermally welded to seal the gloves. The package body in which the gloves were sealed was irradiated with gamma rays at 30 kGy and sterilized to produce the intended packaged gloves.

  Opening the end of the packaging material and wearing gloves, it was possible to wear it in a shorter time than wearing a single sterilized glove twice, and it was possible to wear it in a short time. It became less.

Claims (4)

A packaged glove characterized in that a glove is sealed inside a package, the glove is a laminate of two or more layers of a glove structure made of rubber , and the glove is in a sterilized state The packaged glove according to claim 1, wherein the glove is folded outward near the opening. A method for producing a packaged glove, comprising: sealing a glove in which two or more layers of a glove structure made of rubber are laminated, and then performing a sterilization operation. 4. The method of manufacturing a packaged glove according to claim 3, wherein the sterilization operation is performed by irradiation with radiation or ultraviolet irradiation.