Disposable cleaning glove for the personal hygiene of patients in general.

0001The present invention relates to a dis­posable glove member for the personal hygiene of patients in general.

0002As is known a very important problem re­lated with patients in general is that of carrying out proper body cleaning operations thereon.

0003In fact, personal hygiene is very import­ant since, in order to hold a healthy condition, a patient must be properly cleaned so as to prevent pathologic and infectious diseases from occurring.

0004Moreover, a proper personal hygiene is also important from a psychologic and social stand­point since a dignified physical aspect greatly contributes to holding a good "image" of a patient both in a hospital and at home.

0005At present these personal hygiene opera­tions on patients are carried out with great diffi­culties since they require a lot of suitable clean­ing articles such as cleaning fabrics, cotton or sponge gloves, soaps or cleaning materials, clean­ing vessels, waterproof gloves and so on.

0006Moreover, these cleaning operations are usually very long, with the great drawback of excessi­vely cooling and tiring the patient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

0007Accordingly, the aim of the present invent­ion is to overcome the above mentioned drawbacks by providing a disposable glove for the personal hygiene of patients in general, which affords the possibility of greatly simplyfying all of the clean­ing operations, while including all of the required cleaning elements.

0008Within the scope of the above aim a main object of the present invention is to provide such a disposable cleaning glove which is very efficient and comfortable for the patient while properly pro­tecting the cleaning operator.

0009Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a disposable cleaning glove which is so designed and arranged as to prevent allergic phenomena from occurring, and is adapted to properly clean a patient in a very reduced time and which, moreover, is very advantageous from a mere economic standpoint.

0010According to one aspect of the present in­vention, the above mentioned aim and objects, as well as yet other objects, which will become more apparent hereinafter, are achieved by a disposable cleaning glove for the personal hygiene of patients in general, characterized in that said disposable cleaning glove comprises a bag-like body, including a zone for encompassing at least an operator hand, and provided, at an opening thereof, with a rubber or resilient band, said body including an inner waterproof layer and an absorbing material outer layer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

0011Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed disclosure of a preferred, though not exclusive, embodiment of a disposable cleaning glove for the personal hygiene of patients in general, which is illustrated, by way of an in­dicative but not limitative example, in the accom­panying drawing, where: <ul id="ul0001" list-style="none"><li>Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a disposable cleaning glove according to the invention;</li><li>Figure 2 shows a disposable cleaning glove provided with a sponge member;</li><li>Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view, taken along the line III-III of, Figure 1; and</li><li>Figure 4 is another cross-sectional view substantially taken along the section line IV-IV of Figure 2.</li></ul>

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

0012With reference to the figures of the accom­panying drawing, the disposable cleaning glove for the personal hygiene of patients in general, accord­ing to the invention, comprises a bag-like body, overally indicated at the reference number 1, which, preferably, though not necessarily, has a length of 25 cm and a width of 15 cm.

0013At the opening of the mentioned bag-like body there is provided a rubber band 2 for tightly clamping the glove on the forearm of an operator.

0014A main feature of the present invention is that the mentioned bag-like body comprises a water­proof inner layer, indicated overally at the refer­ence number 10, preferably made of a polyethylene material, having a thickness of 20 microns, while, on its outer surface, the bag-like body is provided with a highly absorbing outer layer 12, preferably made of an absorbing paper material, having an ab­sorbency ratio of 700/100.

0015On at least a portion of the bag-like body 1, moreover, there is arranged a sponge element 20, preferably made of a polyester material, which is imbued with a not allergic soap having an isocuta­neous pH.

0016This feature will prevent any allergic phenomena from occurring while obviating the requi­rement of rinsing the cleaned patient.

0017According to a preferred though not ex­clusive embodiment, the cleaning operator can wear on a hand a glove including a cleaning sponge ele­ment and, on the other hand, a glove including ex­clusively an absorbing layer.

0018If desired, it will be also possible to use a side of the glove for applying the cleaning material and the other side thereof for drying the patient skin.

0019In this application, it will be sufficient to wet by few drops of water the sponge element so as to provide a suitable foam for application to the patient body.

0020Advantageously, though not necessarily, the isocutaneous-pH cleaning material comprises sodium suplhate, water, sodium chloride, coconut diethanolamine, methylbenzoate para-hydroxide, citric acid, dyeing material such as polar green and the like.

0021From the above disclosure it should be appa­ rent that the invention fully achieves the intended aim and objects.

0022In particular, the fact is to be pointed out that the provision of a disposable cleaning glove affords the possibility of properly cleaning a patient while obviating the need of rinsing the cleaned pa­tient since an isocutaneous-pH cleaning material is used.

0023While the invention has been disclosed and illustrated with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof, it should be apparent that the disclosed embodiment is susceptible to many modifications and variations all of which will come within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.