摘要 |
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESENT INVENTION, THERE IS PROVIDED A FLEXIBLE ARTICLE, SUCH AS A SURGEON'S GLOVE, DISPLAYING SLIP PROPERTIES WITH RESPECT TO DAMP AND DRY MAMMALIAN TISSUE WITHOUT USE OF POWDER LUBRICANTS. THE ARTICLE IS COMPRISED OF A SUBSTRATE LAYER HAVING AN ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, THE LAYER HAVING A WEARER-CONTACTING SURFACE AND A DAMP SLIP-CONFERRING AMOUNT OF A LUBRICANT COMPOSITION APPLIED TO THE WEARER-CONTACTING SURFACE. THE LUBRICANT COMPOSITION IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A FIRST COMPOSITION AND A SECOND COMPOSITION. THE FIRST COMPOSITION COMPRISES AN ACETYLENIC DIOL AND AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ORGANO-MODIFIED SILICONE, AN AMINO-MODIFIED SILICONE, AND A CATIONIC SURFACTANT. THE SECOND COMPOSITION COMPRISES A CATIONIC SURFACTANT AND AT LEAST ONE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ORGANO-MODIFIED SILICONE, AN AMINO-MODIFIED SILICONE, AND AN ACETYLENIC DIOL. THE ELASTOMER MAY BE NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC, AND IS PREFERABLY SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NATURAL RUBBER, A POLYURETHANE, NEOPRENE, NITRILE RUBBER, A STYRENE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMER, A STYRENE-ISOPRENE-STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMER AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF. THE CATIONIC SURFACTANT IS PREFERABLY L-HEXADECYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE MONOHYDRATE. |