Surgical finger, hand and arm barrier coating and covering, method and system

Abstract

A protective coating solution, liquid, gel, or film and a method of using such a material to provide a sterile covering for fingers, hands, arms or other selected skin surface for use as a glove substitute.

1 . A sterile, surgical hand barrier for use by a medical personnel on a predetermined skin surface of said hand of said medical personnel during a surgical procedure, the hand barrier comprising:
 a film, said film comprising:
 a dryable coating solution, wherein when said coating solution is applied to the predetermined skin surface, said sterile barrier is adhered to said predetermined skin surface, thereby providing a flexible sterile barrier for said surgical procedure, said flexible sterile barrier having a thickness less than a surgical latex glove, 
   wherein said surgical hand barrier is used by said medical personnel instead of a surgical glove.   
     
     
         2 . The sterile barrier according to  claim 1  wherein the dryable coating solution comprises silicone, plastic polymer materials, polyester material, a PEG material, a polyvinyl material, a nylon material, synthetic rubber, a polypropylene material flexible collodion, ether free collodion, cyanoacrylates, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The sterile barrier according to  claim 2  wherein the solution further comprises an antiseptic. 
     
     
         4 . The sterile barrier according to  claim 1 , wherein the dryable coating solution comprises an antibiotic. 
     
     
         5 . The sterile barrier of  claim 1   wherein the coating solution contains a skin-color changing agent, said skin-color changing agent activated when said physical barrier is compromised.   
     
     
         6 . A method protecting a predetermined skin surface in preparation for a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
 applying the film of  claim 1  to the predetermined skin surface.