ONE PIECE WOVEN MEDICAL GOWN WITH COATING

Abstract

A personal protection equipment (PPE) gown formed by one piece woven (OPW) techniques. The gown features an outer coating on the fabric to provide required liquid penetration resistance.

Claims

1. A personal protection equipment gown comprising, a fabric material produced by a one piece woven technique integrally forming a front panel, a pair of arm pieces, and one or more back panels, and a polymeric coating applied to an outer surface of the fabric material.

2. The personal protection equipment gown in accordance with claim 1 further comprising, a pair of the back panels are formed.

3. The personal protection equipment gown in accordance with claim 1 further comprising, the polymeric coating is a silicone-based material.

4. The personal protection equipment gown in accordance with claim 1 further comprising, the polymeric coating is one Dow Silicone types 3760, 3730, and 3600

5. The personal protection equipment gown in accordance with claim 1 further comprising, the polymeric coating is a Tri-Tex “Ultraguard”.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of a PPE type gown in accordance with the present invention.

[0008] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view through a portion of the gown shown in FIG. 1 illustrating the woven layers and an outer protective coating layer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0009] Referring to FIG. 1, gown 10 is illustrated as being in open back type forming frontal torso area A, arms B, and back panels C. Gown 10 has an overall configuration similar to existing medical gowns which are fastened at the back of the wearer.

[0010] Gown 10 is produced using a fabric 12 formed by OPW technique such that all of the primary features of the gown A, B and C are formed integrally during the weaving process without the requirement of further processing needed to fasten separate fabric components by stitching. This manufacturing technique produces gown 10 without exposed seems which tend to receive substantial mechanical abrasion damage during laundering.

[0011] FIG. 2 provides a cross-section through a section of the fabric 12 forming gown 10. As shown, fabric 12 illustrates interlaced warp and weft fabric threads 16 and 18 with coating 14 applied on an outer surface of the gown. Numerous examples of coating materials can be used. For example, three products from Dow Silicone may be suited including their types 3760, 3730, and 3600. Another coating material option is the Tri-Tex product “Ultraguard”.

[0012] While the above description constitutes the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible to modification, variation and change without departing from the proper scope and fair meaning of the accompanying claims.