ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,229, issued on March 3, was assigned to STETHOGLOVE GMBH (Germany).
"Medical hand covering" was invented by Ian Alexander Webb (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a medical hand covering for tightly enclosing a hand holding a medical instrument to prevent and/or minimize transmission of infectious agents upon examination. The medical hand covering may be prepared by a variety of methods, such as dipping and curing or welding and die cutting. The medical hand covering may have a variety of uses, such as minimizing transmission of infectious agents and reduce anxiety in patients via inclusion of a printed charact...