Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
  • A41D19/00—Gloves
  • A41D19/015—Protective gloves
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
  • A41D19/00—Gloves
  • A41D19/01—Gloves with undivided covering for all four fingers, i.e. mittens

Definitions

• the invention relates to a medical protective/therapeutic glove according to the preamble of claim 1.
• Medical protective/therapeutic gloves are well-known and are used to protect patients during the recovery phase after surgery or during a prolonged stay in a hospital bed while sedated from injuries they often unconsciously inflict on themselves with their hands, especially their fingernails.
• the problem here is that putting protective/therapeutic gloves on a patient's hands is usually very difficult, as not only does the respective hand have to be inserted into the glove, but also infusion tubes that are connected to a hand-side port and electrical cables for SOP2 sensors and the like have to be guided through a front opening in the protective/therapeutic glove.
• the protective/therapeutic gloves described above are, for example, distributed by the Dutch company Human Protection BV 5026 SP Tilburg under the product name "Mitty Care.” They have a fully enclosed, fingerless body with an inspection opening in the front. Medical supply lines and electrical sensor leads are threaded through this opening, providing access to the port and sensor. Due to the glove's fully enclosed design, putting it on a patient's hand is very cumbersome and time-consuming, as the supply lines, such as those for transfusion lines leading to a port on the back of the hand, must first be routed through the inspection opening. Furthermore, such a port, as well as an attached SOP2 sensor, cannot be accessed through the glove's fully enclosed design.
• the inspection opening which can be expanded only slightly, can be used to check its correct function with limitations.
• a medical protective/therapeutic glove which protects the patient against unintentional self-inflicted injuries as well as damage to medical infrastructure, comprises a base body with a first lower wall section and a second upper wall section.
• the wall sections preferably consist of a flexible, in particular textile, and preferably also padded material, and, in the protective position described in more detail below, define a hand-receiving space formed between them.
• the base body In the protective position, the base body further features a front inspection opening and an arm-side opening opposite this, into which the corresponding part of a human forearm, or more precisely the wrist, is received when the protective/therapeutic glove is worn.
• the protective/therapeutic glove according to the invention is characterized in that the first and second wall sections are connected to each other in a wing-like manner via a hinge connection and can be folded over each other from a first spatially flat, unfolded release position into a second protective position, in which the second upper wall section is arranged above the first lower wing-like section, forming the hand-receiving space defined by the wall sections and the front-facing inspection opening and arm-side passage opening communicating with it.
• the glove is folded over each other.
• fastening means are provided, preferably in the form of known hook-and-loop fasteners with cooperating hook-and-loop elements and complementary band-shaped hook-and-loop fastener elements.
• hook-and-loop fasteners with cooperating hook-and-loop elements and complementary band-shaped hook-and-loop fastener elements.
• these can also be designed as hook-and-eye connections or as button-and-buttonhole connections.
• the invention offers the advantage that the protective/therapeutic glove can be put on without disconnecting cables and hoses. Furthermore, the inspection opening allows for checking the correct placement of a port inserted on the back of the hand without removing the protective/therapeutic glove or disconnecting cables/hoses.
• a particular advantage is that the inspection opening is created by completely unfolding two halves of the glove, hereinafter referred to as wall sections, rather than by a simple opening at the tip of the glove, as is the case with the prior art mentioned earlier. This allows the opening to be opened significantly wider even when the protective/therapeutic glove is in place.
• a medical protective/therapeutic glove 1 for protecting a patient against unintentional injuries to their own body and against damage to medical infrastructure by the patient themselves comprises a basic body 2 with a first lower wall section 2a and a second upper wall section 2b made of a flexible, in particular textile, padded material, which define an intermediately shaped hand-receiving space 4, which is in Figure 3 as indicated.
• the protective/therapeutic glove 1 according to the invention has, in the closed protective position, a Figures 3 , 4 and 5 indicated front inspection opening 6 and a passage opening 8 opposite it, through which a Figure 3 schematically indicated forearm section 12 extends through it.
• first and second wall sections 2a, 2b i.e. the upper and lower glove halves
• a hinge connection 10 via which the two wall sections 2a, 2b, which have a preferably mirror-image contour adapted to the shape of a left or right human hand 13, are opened from a first spatially planar Release position ( Fig. 2 ) foldable into a second protective position, one on top of the other, e.g. in Figure 4 and 5 shown.
• the first and second wall sections 2a, 2b are arranged one above the other and enclose a space in Fig. 3 indicated hand reception area 4, which communicates with the front inspection opening 6 and the arm-side passage opening 8, so that the fingers and the back of the hand or the palm of the hand in question can be viewed through the inspection opening 6 when the protective/therapy glove 1 is worn and the flexible textile material is folded away, in order to check, for example, the proper function of an attached port.
• the protective/therapeutic glove 1 further comprises closure means 20 with which the first and second wall sections 2a, 2b can be detachably fixed to each other in the second protective position in order to prevent the glove from being opened by a patient to be protected.
• the fastening means 20 comprise a first fastening element 22a, which in the closed position is attached to the upper side of the second upper wall section 2b, and a first complementary band-shaped fastening element 22b, which interacts with the first fastening element 22a to create a releasable mechanical connection and is attached to the first lower wall section 2a.
• This type of fastening means 20 and its attachment offer the advantage that the fastening elements can be connected after a human hand 13 is placed in the open protective/therapeutic glove 1 and the two wall sections 2a and 2b are folded together on the upper side of the second upper wall section 2b, without having to turn the hand with the partially put-on protective/therapeutic glove 1. This significantly simplifies and speeds up the donning and closing of the glove 1.
• the locking means 20 comprise a second locking element 24a, which in the closed position is attached to the top of the second upper wall section 2b, and a second complementary band-shaped locking element 24b, which interacts with this by generating a releasable mechanical connection and is attached to the first lower wall section 2a, and which in the protective position can be guided from the lower wall section 2a over the inspection opening 6 onto the second locking element 24a and can be releasably fixed to it.
• the inspection opening 6 can also be at least partially closed, so that when the patient is wearing a protective/therapeutic glove 1, he has no possibility of gaining access to his fingers by pushing back the flexible textile material in the area of the inspection opening 6 in order to grasp and pull out, for example, infusion lines or electrical cables.
• the closing means 20 as in the Figures 1 to 5
• the device comprises a third locking element 26a and a third complementary band-shaped locking element 26b, which interacts with it to create a releasable mechanical connection.
• the latter is preferably attached to the outside of the lower wall section 2b in the area of the arm-side passage opening 8.
• one end of the third complementary band-shaped locking element 26b can be attached to the upper wall section 2b. It serves to be guided around a forearm section 12 extending through the arm-side passage opening 8 into the hand-receiving space 4 and to be releasably engaged with itself via the third locking element 26a, as shown in [reference to figure].
• guide loops 14 are arranged on the outside of the lower and/or upper wall section 2a, 2b at the level of the arm-side opening 8, through which the third band-shaped complementary closure element 26b can be passed when wrapping around the wrist, as is done in Fig. 1 as indicated.
• the first closure element 22a and the first complementary band-shaped closure element 22b interacting with it are designed as hook-and-loop fasteners comprising a known hook-and-loop material and a complementary hook-and-loop material that can be engaged with it to create a releasable mechanical connection.
• the hook-and-loop materials can comprise any hook-and-loop material known from the prior art, but are preferably designed as a soft loop or velvet tape, or a hook tape made of plastic material that can be engaged with it, in order to minimize skin irritation upon contact.
• the band-shaped complementary closure elements 22b, 24b and 26b preferably have a width in the range of 50 mm, which provides a good compromise for ease of handling and sufficient holding power in gloves for adults.
• the first and/or second closure element 22a, 24a can each have a flat section 32a made of hook and loop material, which is attached to the upper side of the second upper wall section 2b in the closed position; and the first and/or second complementary band-shaped closure element 22b, 24b has, in particular at its respective free end, a section 32b, 34b made of complementary hook and loop material, which is connected to the hook and loop material of the respective flat Section 32a can be engaged by creating a detachable mechanical hook and loop connection.
• the planar sections 32a, 34a of the first and second closure elements 22a, 24a are a common planar, preferably rectangular, section 32a made of hook and loop material, which preferably covers more than 50% of the surface of the upper side of the upper wall element 2b.
• This is particularly preferably a common continuous surface made of loop tape, to which both the section 32b made of complementary hook and loop material of the first complementary band-shaped closure element 22b and the section 34b made of complementary hook and loop material of the second complementary band-shaped closure element 24b can be attached.
• the first fastening element 22a and the first complementary band-shaped fastening element 22b interacting with it, and/or the second fastening element 24a and the second complementary band-shaped fastening element 24b interacting with it, and/or the third fastening element 26a and the third complementary band-shaped fastening element 26b interacting with it may be designed as interlocking hooks and eyes and/or buttons and buttonholes.
• the buttonholes are formed, in particular, in the first and/or second and/or third band-shaped complementary fastening element, which may be designed as a band-shaped section made of a rubber-elastic material, in particular stretchable material or polyurethane, or another soft, stretchable plastic material.
• buttons are preferably located on the upper side of the upper Wall section 2b is attached to facilitate access for caregivers when opening and closing the button-buttonhole connection.
• several buttonholes are successively incorporated into a band-shaped section of the first or second complementary closure element 22b, 24b, whereas only one corresponding button is attached as the first or second closure element to the top of the upper wall section 2b.
• the lower and upper wall sections 2a, 2b consist of a preferably padded textile material and have a preferably one-piece, continuous shape that, in the second protective position, is adapted to the outer contour of a human hand 13 to be received in the hand-receiving space 4.
• the joint connection 10 is formed by a preferably closed, sewn fabric section 10a extending between the two wall sections 2a, 2b, wherein the first and second wall sections 2a, 2b have a continuous, one-piece, wing-like contour that is preferably shaped such that the thumb of a human hand 13 to be received in the hand-receiving space 4 in the protective position runs along the sewn fabric section 10a of the joint connection 10.
• first and second wing-like lower and upper wall sections 2a, 2b consist of a continuous section of padded textile material in which the joint connection 10 is created by sewing a fabric section 10a.
• the hook and loop material for the first and second fastening elements 22, 24 is then sewn onto this connected section, and the complementary first and second band-shaped fastening elements 22b, 24b are sewn on, as shown in the illustration of Fig. 1 It can be removed. This opens up the possibility of particularly efficient and cost-effective manufacturing.
• an arrangement for fixing the hands of a patient comprises a first and second medical protective/therapeutic glove, in which the lower and upper wall section 2a, 2b of the first glove is a mirror image of the lower and upper hand section 2a, 2b of the second
• the gloves are designed such that the joint connection 10 is positioned on the side of the respective thumb of a right or left human hand 13.

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