Endoscopy glove

Abstract

An endoscopy glove made of a material that provides a user with body fluid protection, tactile sensation and gripping ability for manipulating an endoscope when body fluids are present. The endoscopy glove has a body portion, a finger covering portion and a thumb covering. The body portion has a palmar surface and a dorsal surface where the palmar surface is a material having absorbing and gripping characteristics even when wet. The finger covering portion includes an index finger covering and a remaining finger covering portion where the index finger covering has a tactile portion that is a material having tactile characteristics similar to surgical gloves.

1 . An endoscopy glove comprising: 
 a body portion having a palmar surface and a dorsal surface, said palmar surface comprising a material having absorbing and gripping characteristics even when wet;    a finger covering portion extending from said body portion including an index finger covering and a remaining finger covering portion, said index finger covering having a tactile portion; and    a thumb covering extending from said body.    
   
   
       2 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 1  wherein said index finger covering has a palmar side and a dorsal side wherein said palmar side of said index finger covering is said tactile portion.  
   
   
       3 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 1  wherein said finger covering portion has a distal region and a proximal region wherein said distal region of said finger covering portion is said tactile portion.  
   
   
       4 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 3  wherein said distal region of said remaining finger covering portion is a material substantially similar to said palmar surface of said body portion.  
   
   
       5 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 4  wherein said dorsal surface of said body portion is a material substantially similar to said tactile portion of said index finger covering.  
   
   
       6 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 1  wherein said finger covering portion has a finger distal region and a finger proximal region, wherein said index finger covering has an index finger tip region, said index finger tip region being said tactile portion.  
   
   
       7 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 6  wherein said thumb covering has a thumb proximal region and a thumb tip region wherein said thumb tip region is a material substantially similar to said tactile portion of said index finger covering.  
   
   
       8 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 6  wherein said finger distal region is a material with characteristics between said material of said index finger tip region and said palmar surface of said body portion.  
   
   
       9 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 8  wherein said palmar surface of said body portion has an upper palmar region and a lower palmar region wherein said lower palmar region is a material substantially similar to said finger distal region.  
   
   
       10 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 9  wherein said dorsal surface of said body portion is a material substantially similar to said material of said lower palmar region.  
   
   
       11 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 10  wherein said proximal region of said finger covering portion is said material used for said upper palmar region of said palmar surface.  
   
   
       12 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 11  wherein said thumb proximal region is said material used for said upper palmar region of said palmar surface.  
   
   
       13 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 12  wherein said dorsal surface of said body portion is said material used for said lower palmar region of said palmar surface.  
   
   
       14 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 1  wherein said palmar surface of said body portion has a wrap-around dorsal portion that provides dorsal portions adjacent said palmar surface between said index finger covering and said thumb covering, along the side of said glove at a little finger side and along the side of said thumb covering, said wrap-around dorsal portion having the same absorbing and gripping characteristics of said palmar surface.  
   
   
       15 . The endoscopy glove of  claim 1  further comprising a wrist sleeve portion.  
   
   
       16 . An endoscopy glove and surgical glove combination, said combination comprising: 
 a surgical glove; and    an index fingerless glove made of a terry cloth-like material wherein said glove fits over said surgical glove.    
   
   
       17 . An endoscopy glove made from a material that provides a user with body fluid protection, tactile sensation and gripping ability for manipulating an endoscope when body fluids are present.  
   
   
       18 . The glove of  claim 17  wherein said material is a combination of a material having gripping action when wet and a surgical glove barrier material.