WO2014180977A1 - Appareil, système et procédé de fermeture de vêtement - Google Patents

Appareil, système et procédé de fermeture de vêtement Download PDF

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WO2014180977A1
WO2014180977A1 PCT/EP2014/059534 EP2014059534W WO2014180977A1 WO 2014180977 A1 WO2014180977 A1 WO 2014180977A1 EP 2014059534 W EP2014059534 W EP 2014059534W WO 2014180977 A1 WO2014180977 A1 WO 2014180977A1
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Laurence A KIRWAN
Stephen J Mcloughlin
Heather J TADDEO
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/12—Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses
    • A41D13/129—Donning facilities, e.g. characterized by the opening
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/12—Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses
    • A41D13/1236—Patients' garments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/12—Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses
    • A41D13/1236—Patients' garments
    • A41D13/1245—Patients' garments for the upper part of the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/12—Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses
    • A41D13/1236—Patients' garments
    • A41D13/1254—Patients' garments for the lower part of the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2300/00—Details of garments
    • A41D2300/30—Closures
    • A41D2300/33—Closures using straps or ties
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2300/00—Details of garments
    • A41D2300/50—Seams

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  • the instant invention therefore seeks to remedy the problems created by existing garb through 1) amending the garment form such that it has the facsimile of normal, everyday, clothing and 2) creating improved garment functionality through the use of materials which have the requisite insulative and heat-retentive characteristics.
  • the medical, surgical, therapeutic and/or diagnostic functionality of the garments should favourably compare with existing garb, having equal or improved utility in the hospital environment and allowing medical staff uninhibited access to various sites, as required, and accordingly this is a complementary goal of the invention. Therefore the objective is the creation of garments which are equally beneficial to both medical, surgical, therapeutic and/or diagnostic staff as well as the patient. This is contrary to the current status in which the garment is designed to be maximally beneficial to the caregivers only whilst in reality proving to be a encumbrance to them as well.
  • one facet of improving the patient's hospital and medical, surgical, therapeutic and/or diagnostic environment is the provision of comfortable, insulative, disposable, single-use, garb which is conducive to the patient's modesty and which does not conspire to place them in a real or perceived physical or psychologically vulnerable situation.
  • adrenalin is a potent vasoconstrictor and that peripheral vasoconstriction and redirection of the circulation to the body core is a standard physiological response to stress.
  • the ability of the body to maintain a homeothermic environment is compromised and, especially in the pre-treatment environment, the patient is predisposed to hypothermia.
  • Garments in use are traditionally one piece three quarter length with short sleeves and are applied by placing on the patient from the front and by tying once behind the neck and once at the lower back followed by a secondary overlap, if present, at the lower back with a third tie at the side of the body.
  • Figure la is a schematic plan view of the front side of the present invention as configured with short-sleeved and short trouser-legs, illustrating potential configurations for placement of perforations.
  • Figure lb is a schematic plan view of the front side of the present invention as configured for long sleeved and long trouser-legs, illustrating alternative potential configurations for placement of perforations.
  • Figure lc is a three-dimensional schematic showing placement of opening seams on a side elevation.
  • Figure 5 a illustrates a cross-sectional view of the garment and closure system prior to deployment.
  • Figure 6a illustrates an cross-sectional alternative configuration of the garment closure system.
  • Figure 7a through 7c shows an alternative garment closure mechanism, particularly illustrating alternative structural configurations of the internal closure mechanism to the opening seam.
  • the utility of the garment 10 may be enhanced by placing the separable seams 15 so as to accommodate not only the site of intervention, but also to create minor panel openings (not illustrated) which accommodate the access requirements for ancillary equipment such as catheters, cannulae, biometric and telemetry units, which access points may be located outside the immediate therapeutic site and which may require both upper and lower body garments 20, 30, to be opened in order to obtain more complete access to the patient 9.
  • ancillary equipment such as catheters, cannulae, biometric and telemetry units
  • the seam boundaries 15 may be of any length or positioned in any position on the garment 10 which, by design, may be site-specific for the treatment or diagnostic modality which is to be conducted.
  • the seam boundaries 15 may preferentially be opened through the use of lines of weakness which are formed within the fabric 11 of the garment.
  • the method of construction of the separable seams 15 is such that the shear strength of the materials 11 which are used to bridge the interstices 37 between garment panels 17 is intentionally compromised, resulting in the ability to manually dissect the seam 15, thereby allowing segmentation of the garment 10.
  • the seam 15 should, however, be of sufficient strength that garment integrity is maintained when the patient is putting on the garment 10.
  • a reduced shear strength joint 15 may be formed, for example, by creating an interval of weakness within the fabric structure 11 along the principal seam axis 15 such that once the separable seam opening 15 has been created, the separation of the seam 15 results in the creation of two adjacent fabric section margins 37 each located on two adjoining, but separated, garment panelsl7 .
  • the garment panel margins 37 are defined internally by the location of internally positioned fabric strips 38, which panel sizes 17 may be of any dimension and located according to specific medical, surgical, therapeutic and/or diagnostic purposes, and that garb 10 can therefore be customized to suit specific procedures.
  • This feature is of benefit because the patient can be clothed in the gown and then the appropriate panels 17 can be selected in order to expose the appropriate medical, surgical, therapeutic and/or diagnostic site, without unnecessarily inducing unwanted patient heat loss.
  • the internal fabric strips 38 are attached to the panels 17 by means of stitching, 48, however, clearly any other attachment means can be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.
  • Alternative cross-sectional configurations of Figure 2b are illustrated in more detail in Figure 7.
  • any garment which is configured with panels 17 has the potential to create undesirable heat loss in a patient 9.
  • the use of perforations 25 as a means of sectioning the garment 10 results in unwanted exposure of the patient's skin 9 and presents the potential for heat loss. Therefore, as illustrated in Figure 4, the garment 10 may on the interior surface 12, of the fabric, 11 immediately beneath the perforations 25, preferentially be equipped with an internal fabric strip, or web of material, 38.
  • the internal fabric strip 38 as illustrated in Figures 2b, 4, 7 and 8d and 8e, is preferentially permanently attached 43 parallel and adjacent to one margin 37 of a garment panel 17, in a continuous fashion.
  • the permanent connection 43 means may be selected from a group of conventional or non-conventional fabric fixing methods, i.e. as illustrated, by stitching. However, gluing, laser bonding or any other method or combination of methods which are determined by the choice of garment fabric 11 and the required bond strength between internal fabric strip 38 and garment fabric 11, may be selected, as required.
  • the central portion of the strip, 29 remains detached from the inner surface 12 of the fabric, 11.
  • FIG. 5a illustrates the separable seam 15 in the pre-operative environment. It depicts an over-folded pleat 35, which serves to conceal perforated seam margins 25.
  • the form of the pleat in Figure 5a is retained by use of a temporary adhesive joint, 26a which may be either continuous or intermittent in nature.
  • the adhesive joint 26a also serves to conceal the perforated seam margins 25 providing additional insulation, thereby preventing body heat loss via the perforations 25.
  • an additional optional adhesive strip 26b is illustrated.
  • the garment opening is then closed by opening the over fold pleat 35 and revealing the adhesive strip 26b which is used to re-attach the adjacent fabric panels 17, restoring garment functionality and preventing further patient heat loss.
  • Further garment closure strength may be achieved by utilizing more than one adhesive bonding margin, for example as illustrated in Figure 5c where adhesive strips 26a and 26b, act mutually to provide additional bond strength to the garment closure thereby creating a more secure bond.
  • the adhesive 44 may be re-usable and may be set directly onto the inner surface 12 of the fabric 11, or may be particularly inserted into a groove 33 embossed into either the cellulose garment fabric 11 or, alternatively, as illustrated in Figure 6, into an internal fabric strip 38, as desired.
  • the inventors perceive that inserting the adhesive in a bead format into a pre-formed channel 33 which is embossed in the web 16 substrate is advantageous both in manufacturing and deployment as it constrains the adhesive 44 to predetermined positions and orientations. This makes placement of the adhesive during manufacture more precise as it prevents the adhesive 44 from encroaching on the surrounding substratesl2, 13.
  • a protective strip not illustrated
  • Such adhesive protective strips are frequently used in stationery products for similar purposes.
  • CLAUSE 2 The garment according to Clause 1 which is equipped with means for the provision of easily removable, segmentable or detachable and re-attachable panels which re-attachable means are non-site specific, thereby conferring superior re-dimensioning and re-configurable properties to the garment.
  • the separable margins of the panels beneficially allow for selective disassembly of the garment, as required
  • CLAUSE 4 The garment according to Clause 1, which promotes a single use clean or sterile application, for use in the hospital environment or in any setting, in or out of a medical facility, as required in the patient-care-giver interaction
  • CLAUSE 5 A garment, according to Clause 1, allowing for secure, appropriate and independent coverage of the upper and lower body.
  • the garment may either be wholly removed or, preferentially, partially disassembled, in order to fulfil modality specific requirements.
  • CLAUSE 7 A versatile garment, according to Clause 1, which allows access in the abdominal area for colostomy bags or open abdominal wounds; in the perineal area for catheterisation of the urinary system, in the back shoulder, anterior and lateral chest for telemetry and central lines, in the extremities (ventral aspect of wrist, dorsum of hand or foot, ankle, groin or ante-cubital fossa for intravenous, intra-arterial and central line access, or which may be specifically configured to accommodate any other intervention as may be required.
  • the garment configuration is unconstrained, such that diagnostic specific configurations may be fabricated, allowing site or equipment specific treatment, therapeutic or diagnostic procedures to be performed on any part of the body e.g. ultrasound examination of an abscess, Wound- Vac (TM) management of an open wound, mammography, etc,.

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La présente invention concerne un vêtement (18) polyvalent qui est une copie d'un vêtement normal et qui favorise le bien-être personnel, l'intimité, la modestie et l'euthermie, destiné à être utilisé dans l'environnement hospitalier ou selon les besoins dans l'interaction patient/soignant, le vêtement comprenant avantageusement un moyen (15) pour la déconstruction du vêtement polyvalent avant un traitement ou un suivi permettant l'accès au patient et un moyen pour la reconstruction du vêtement après le traitement dans l'environnement où se trouve le patient après le traitement, l'examen de diagnostic ou le suivi.
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