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    • 专利摘要:
    The present invention relates to a veterinary glove (9) for use in the ultrasound rectal examination of a large animal by means of an elongated ultrasound probe inserted into said glove (9), said glove (9) having a fluid tight glove wall (15) defining a hand receiving glove body (10) for receiving the hand of a person performing said examination, said hand receiving glove body (10) including a palm portion (12) integral with a thumb finger pocket (18a), an index finger pocket (18b) and one or more additional finger pockets (18c, 18d, 18e), said glove wall (15) also defining an elongated probe pocket (22) integral with said palm portion (12) and communicating with the inside of said glove (9), said elongated probe pocket (22) i) extending between said thumb finger pocket (18a) and said index finger pocket (18b) or ii) being arrange able to extend between said thumb finger pocket (18a) and said index finger pocket (18b).
    公开号:DK201470206A1
    申请号:DKP201470206
    申请日:2014-04-10
    公开日:2015-10-19
    发明作者:Keith E Sterner
    申请人:Jørgen Kruuse As；
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    专利说明:

    A veterinary glove, a veterinary implement for ultrasound rectal examination of a targe animal, and a method of preparing such an implement
    Field of the invention
    The present invention relates generally to a veterinary glove for use in the ultrasound rectal examination of a large animal, such as for bovine or equestrian rectal examination, by means of an elongated ultrasound probe.
    Such rectal examinations may inter alia be performed for pregnancy diagnosis or for assessing ovarian structures, and the probes may, by way of example only, be 5MHz linear probes producing ultrasound waves that are reflected in part; the reflected waves or echoes are displayed on a screen. Recta! ultrasonography where an ultrasound probe is inserted into the rectal canal of the animal has for many purposes replaced palpitation by hand in that the errors may be reduced.
    Description of the prior art
    In performing ultrasound rectal examinations sometimes the generally elongated probe with a handle will be mounted to the end of an elongated inserter, or placed in a sheath, which is then inserted into the rectal canal by a veterinarian wearing a glove.
    However, in most instances the veterinarian will take on an examination glove, hold on to the probe handle with his gloved hand, and then insert his hand and arm info the rectal canal while holding securely on to the probe; this allows the veterinarian to obtain a direct fee! of the rectal canal with his fingers. Immediately before this step the veterinarian may have emptied the rectum using his hand, wearing the same glove. Examination gloves for this purpose are commonly available, and often have a sleeve-like extension running up to the shoulder of the veterinarian: an example is shown in KR 20120002725. Another example of a glove for veterinarian use is shown in GB 2484105.
    It is a problem with the aforementioned known procedure that holding securely on to the probe with a gloved hand during the examination procedure causes additional strain to the veterinarian who already is in a working position causing neck and shoulder pain due to repetitive movements of his neck and arm.
    Summary of the invention
    Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to improve working conditions for the veterinarian. This is achieved by the inventive novel examination glove and implement.
    The invention also permits the veterinarian to sanitize the probe only after conclusion of several consecutive examination procedures; the probe in conventional uses be comes contaminated by manure in the recta! canal, requiring the veterinarian to sanitize the probe before examining another animal.
    More particularly, the present invention proposes an integral glove having a fluid fight glove wall defining a hand receiving glove body with a palm portion and a finger portion communicating with the interior of the palm portion, the finger portion including a thumb finger pocket, an index finger pocket, and additional finger pockets, a further elongated pocket of the glove body communicating with the interior of the palm portion and extending or being arranged to be extending between the thumb portion and the index finger pocket. The outer surface of the glove should preferably be soft and smooth to prevent damage to the recta! canal.
    Preferably, the further elongated pocket has a length equal to or longer than said index finger pocket, to receive the full length of the probe part of the probe, with a handle part thereof being inside the palm portion in direct contact with the palm of the wearer of the glove; more preferably, where the glove body has five finger pockets, each configured for receiving a respective finger of said hand, the length of the further elongated pocket conveniently may be longer than the length of any of the finger pockets. The length of the pockets is determined as the distance between the tip of the pocket and the roof of the pocket where the pocket extends from the palm portion; where applicable, this length may for each pocket be determined as the average of that length, measured along the transition between the pocket and the palm portion.
    Further embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims, the objects of which will appear from the following.
    CN 201995640, FR 1 398821, US 2661476 and CN 203089825 disclose work gloves which, however, are not suitable or intended for veterinary, let alone rectal examinations. Examples of medical gloves are disclosed in US 7832021, US 6409688 and DE 1038712. in DE 1038712 a stethoscope is placed with its listening part inside a finger pocket which has a bayonet socket and which, hence, is not fluid tight.
    Description of the drawings A presently preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the appended drawings; the following description is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention which is defined by the claims.
    Fig. 1 shows by way of example and ultrasound examination kit,
    Fig. 2a shows an embodiment of a glove according to the invention,
    Fig. 2b shows another embodiment of a glove according to the invention,
    Fig. 3 shows a mold for forming a third embodiment of a giove according to the invention, where an elongated probe pocket is arrangeabie to extend between the thumb finger and the index finger of a person wearing the glove, and
    Fig. 4a and 4b show embodiments of the glove exhibiting a mitten-like structure.
    Fig. 1 shows an example of a known ultrasound veterinary examination kit 1 (manufactured in this case by BCF Technology Inc.), for insertion into the rectal canal of a large animal, such as a cow, and including a data processing unit 8 connected by cable 6 to a generally elongated ultrasound probe 3 having a probe part 4 and a handle part 5. Conventionally, a veterinarian, after having inserted his hand into a known examination glove, such as shown by way of example in KR 20-2012-0002725, 'will hold onto the handle part 5 with his gloved hand and insert his arm and hand with the probe 3 and the cable 6 deep into the recta! canal of the large animal to be examined. He will then rotate his hand as required, to obtain a desired ultrasound imaging. Often, the length L1 of the probe part 4 is longer than the length of a finger of a person.
    Fig. 2a is a plane view of an improved veterinary examination giove 9 according to the present invention and having a smooth and soft outer surface formed by a liquid tight enclosure or wall 15 defining the inside of the glove 9. The shown hand receiving glove 9 is a preferred embodiment that includes an integral tubular sleeve portion 11 configured to extend up to the shoulder of a person wearing the glove 9. Fig. 2b shows an alternative embodiment, similar to fig. 2a but having a further extension configured to be wearable also on the upper part of the torso a person.
    The glove 9 generally may be formed from a sheet-material, such as a polyethylene sheet material, constituting the fluid fight glove wall 15, and includes a glove body 10 with a palm portion 12 receiving the palm part of the wearer’s hand and being integral with finger pockets communicating with the interior of the palm portion 12. The finger pockets include a thumb finger pocket 18a, an index finger pocket 18b and additional finger pockets 18c, 18d, 18e. A further integral elongated pocket 22 of length L3 communicates with the inside of the palm portion 12, and extends between the thumb finger pocket 18a and the index finger pocket 18b. In a variant, not shown, the further elongated pocket 22 may extend at least partially along the length of the palm portion 12, still inside the glove 9.
    In use the veterinarian will normally apply an ultrasound lubricant onto the probe 4, and he then inserts the probe 3 info the glove 9 shown in fig. 2a/b via its open end, at the end of sleeve 11. It may be preferred to invert the glove 9 somehow, to allow for the probe 3 to be easily inserted into the elongated pocket 22 that communicates with the palm portion 12, with the cable 6 trailing the probe 3 along the length of the sleeve 9 to be connected with the processing unit 8.
    The probe 3 frequently is of relatively large length L1 + L2, as shown in fig. 1, such as in the order of 25 cm, with the length of the handle part 5 being designated L2 in the figure. The handle part 5 is the portion of the probe 3 that a user will hold around with his index finger and his thumb finger during the examination/ultrasound scanning procedure; the length L3 of the elongated pocket 22 is preferably selected to be longer than the length of any of the finger pockets 18a-18e such that the probe 3 can be inserted into the glove 9 with its elongated probe part 4, which normally is longer than the length of a person’s finger, being fully received in the elongated pocket 22, with the handle 5 extending fully or substantially in the palm portion 12. This allows the user to firmly grip onto the handle part 5 without his grip interfering with the probe part 4.
    Manufacture ol the glove 9 shown in fig. 2a/2b may be by fusing two sheets of a flexible plastics material along lines delimiting the palm portion 12, the finger pockets 18a-18e and the elongated probe pocket 22 located between the thumb pocket 18a and the index finger pocket 18b, and then punching out the glove 9 from the thus joined sheets. The basic steps in such a process is described in EP 1 182 942.
    Alternatively, the glove 9 may be formed in a dipping process using a mold as schematically shown in fig. 3 which is dipped in a liquid material, such as synthetic or natural rubber, which hardens to form the glove 9. As will be seen, in this process a mold part 22’ located so as to project outwards from the palm portion 12’ forms the aforementioned probe pocket 22 which is this case is capable of being arranged to extend between the thumb finger pocket 18a and the index finger pocket 18b in use of the glove 9, as shown in broken line in fig. 3, such that the wearer of the glove 9 can hold the handle part 5 of the probe 3 between his thumb finger and his index finger.
    While it is normally preferred to form the glove 9 with five finger pockets if lies within the scope of the appended claims to form the glove 9’ as a mitten or mitten-like structure with one pocket 18f suitable for receiving more than one finger, such as the three fingers following the index finger, and with the thumb finger pocket 18a and index finger pocket 18b as shown in fig. 4b; a similar such structure is shown in DE 1 038 712. Another embodiment, included herein to show a broadest teaching of the invention, is shown in fig. 4a where a single pocket 18f received all four fingers 18b-18e nexf to the thumb finger.
    Fig. 4a has also been included herein to show how the probe 3 generally and preferably is received within the glove in the aforementioned embodiments, i.e. with the probe part 4 in the aforementioned additionai elongated pocket 22, the handle part 5 in the palm portion 12, and with the cable 6 extending along the length of the sleeve 11. While the glove 9 may have a dedicated internal channel (not shown) in which the probe 3 and cable 6 is run to the elongated pocket 22 without contacting the skin of the wearer such a solution is currently not preferred.
    权利要求:
    Claims (12)
    [1] 1. A veterinary glove (9) for use in the ultrasound rectal examination of a large animal by means of an elongated ultrasound probe inserted into said glove (9), said glove (9) having a fluid tight glove wall (15) defining a hand receiving glove body (10) for receiving the hand of a person performing said examination, said hand receiving glove body (10) including a palm portion (12) integral with a thumb finger pocket (18a), an index finger pocket (18b) and one or more additional finger pockets (18c, 18d, 18e), said glove wall (15) also defining an elongated probe pocket (22) integral with said palm portion (12) and communicating with the inside of said glove (9), said elongated probe pocket (22) i) extending between said thumb finger pocket (18a) and said index finger pocket (18b) or ii) being arrangeabie to extend between said thumb finger pocket (18a) and said index finger pocket (18b).
    [2] 2. The glove of claim 1, said further elongated pocket (22) having a length equal to or longer than said index finger pocket (18b).
    [3] 3. The glove of claim 1 or 2, said glove body (10) having five of said finger pockets (18a-18e), each configured for receiving a respective finger of said hand.
    [4] 4. The glove according to any of the previous claims, said further elongated pocket (22) having a length longer than any of said finger pockets (18a-18e).
    [5] 5. The glove according to any of the previous claims, said glove wall (15) also defining an elongated sleeve portion (11) integral with said palm portion (12), for receiving an arm of said person performing said examination,
    [6] 5. The glove according to any of the previous claims, said glove body (10) being flat and made of layers fused along their edges to define together said wall (15).
    [7] 7. The glove according to any of the previous claims, said wall of said glove body being soft and smooth without surface irregularities.
    [8] 8. The glove according to any of the previous claims, said glove wall being formed from sheets of polyethylene material and having said elongated probe pocket extending between said thumb finger pocket and said index finger pocket, or said glove wall being formed of a latex material in a molding operation and having said elongated probe pocket arrangeabie to extend between said thumb finger pocket and said index finger pocket.
    [9] 9. A veterinary implement for ultrasound rectal examination of a large animal, including a glove and an elongated ultrasound probe, said glove having a fluid tight glove wall defining a hand receiving glove body (10) for receiving the hand of a person performing said examination, said hand receiving glove body (10) including a palm portion integral with a thumb finger pocket, an index finger pocket and one or more additional finger pockets, said glove wall also defining an elongated probe pocket integral with said palm portion and communicating with the interior of said palm portion, said elongated probe pocket i) extending between said thumb finger pocket and said index finger pocket or ii) being arrangeable to extend between said thumb finger pocket and said index finger pocket, said elongated ultrasound probe extending in said further elongated pocket.
    [10] 10. The implement according to the previous claim, said further elongated pocket having a length equal to or longer than said index finger pocket.
    [11] 11. The implement according to claim 9 or 10, said glove body having five finger pockets, for receiving a respective finger of a person performing said examination.
    [12] 12. A method of preparing the implement of any of claims 9-11, comprising the steps of i) applying an ultrasound lubricant to said probe, and ii) inserting said probe into said further elongated pocket via said palm portion, with probe connecting cables extending out from said glove.
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