Nova Patents
EP0906731B1

Powder-free medical glove and manufacture thereof

Abstract

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EP0906731B1, drawing sheet 1
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Term

Term ended

Expired 30 September 2018, 8 years ago.

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13 claims: 3 independent, 10 dependent

  1. 1
    A powder-free medical glove produced from natural or synthetic polymer comprises an outer side a silicone-treated surface and the inside of glove bonded with a layer formed of an anti-blocking composition of a polymer/co-polymer, a high density polyethylene particle and a wax.
  2. 8
    A process for making a powder-free medical glove according to anyone of claims 1 to 7 comprises the steps of, (i) forming the glove by dip-coating a first layer onto a glove form into a solution comprising a coagulant and glove-release powders;(ii) forming a second layer over the first layer by dip-coating the glove form into an elastomer;(iii) forming a third layer over the second layer by dip-coating over the elastomer layer an antiblocking solution comprising a polymer/co-polymer, a high density polyethylene particle and a wax;(iv) dip-coating a silicone emulsion over the underlying layers;(v) subjecting the formed layers to heat to crosslink the elastomer and to bond the elastomer layer to the antiblocking layer;(vi) removing the finished glove from the form and reversing the same so that the first layer becomes the outer side of the glove whereas the silicone-treated underlying layers become the inner side of the glove;(vii) washing and rinsing the finished glove;(viii) treating the finished glove with a silicone emulsion/wax mixture;and (ix) drying the glove.
  3. 13
    A method of anyone of claims claim 8-13, wherein the micronised high density polyethylene has a particle size of 2-12 microns and melting point of between 118°C-137°C.
Independent claims3