Touch Gloves Results
Kim McQueen
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Title:
Touch Gloves Results
Creator:
Kim McQueen
Date:
2/8/2013
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I had an overwhelming response to my touch glove question! Most people told me about the off-the-shelf designs sold at Amazon and such but I was wondering more about a custom cosmetic glove for a prosthetic hook/hand. The responses are listed below. Thank you again!
Kim Dana-McQueen, LCO Prosthetist
Seattle, WA
- There are stylus that a TD can hold which would work for an iphone.
- Conductive thread is readily available. It can manually be threaded into any surface. I use this on my regular gloves to allow texting in cold weather. Should be fine for a prosthesis.
- One of my bilateral patients has found that a small piece of common household sponge works very well. It can even be pretty dry and still work. It's the cellulose sponge commonly found in stores.
- At Northwestern our model demonstrator ( amputee w/bilateral UL loss) used to keep toilet tissue in a cargo pocket. He made a small hole in the bottom and would take a small pinch, moisten with spit & use on his iphone & ipad. I'm pretty sure he had a 5XA but it's been awhile.
- Other ideas- touch screen gloves ( saw them at Target for $5 clearance today)
Or getting some thread for touch screen gloves and sewing it into the fingertip of regular exam gloves as a disposable solution. Just need one finger at a time so you can sew up all the fingers on a glove & then snip off the fingers as needed & use then pocket when not using? The thread is fairly cheap & easily sewn in.
- There are a number of options…
There are now many choices of winter gloves that have tips for use with iPhone/iPad.
You could also take the tip off a stylus meant for use with the iPhone/iPad and place it between the end of the index finger and glove.
- They do manufacture gloves for winter climates that can be used with capacitive touch screens (iphones etc.) but the assumption is that the inside of the glove is making contact with skin
- I have seen DIY instructables for making your own capacitive glove using conductive thread - you would just need to connect to the skin surface somewhere in or above the socket. The instructable page:
<URL Redacted>
- Normally I have to have my patient use a Samsung stylus. It is because of the lack of conductiveness of the prosthetic finger that it has difficulty working.
- Some patients use a Dried Beef Stick, but that gets very greasy.
- If you're asking about actual cosmetic prosthetic gloves that would slide over a myo hand shell or a mechanical hand then I don't believe so.
BUT I know there are some sports type gloves that have that technology built into them (maybe Northface, Columbia or a ski apparel company). A patient could perhaps slide one over their cosmetic glove. Also, a company named ICON that makes motorcycle apparel makes a glove that can be used for iScreens. If you google ICON it should come up and then look at their glove tab. I hope this helps!
- One of my friend's is a runner and told me in the winter she wears special gloves that have a covering on the tip of the finger that allows her to use her touch screen with the gloves on. I know they exist. Maybe look at the sports store?
- I just did a quick amazon.com search: <URL Redacted>
Kim Dana-McQueen, LCO Prosthetist
Seattle, WA
- There are stylus that a TD can hold which would work for an iphone.
- Conductive thread is readily available. It can manually be threaded into any surface. I use this on my regular gloves to allow texting in cold weather. Should be fine for a prosthesis.
- One of my bilateral patients has found that a small piece of common household sponge works very well. It can even be pretty dry and still work. It's the cellulose sponge commonly found in stores.
- At Northwestern our model demonstrator ( amputee w/bilateral UL loss) used to keep toilet tissue in a cargo pocket. He made a small hole in the bottom and would take a small pinch, moisten with spit & use on his iphone & ipad. I'm pretty sure he had a 5XA but it's been awhile.
- Other ideas- touch screen gloves ( saw them at Target for $5 clearance today)
Or getting some thread for touch screen gloves and sewing it into the fingertip of regular exam gloves as a disposable solution. Just need one finger at a time so you can sew up all the fingers on a glove & then snip off the fingers as needed & use then pocket when not using? The thread is fairly cheap & easily sewn in.
- There are a number of options…
There are now many choices of winter gloves that have tips for use with iPhone/iPad.
You could also take the tip off a stylus meant for use with the iPhone/iPad and place it between the end of the index finger and glove.
- They do manufacture gloves for winter climates that can be used with capacitive touch screens (iphones etc.) but the assumption is that the inside of the glove is making contact with skin
- I have seen DIY instructables for making your own capacitive glove using conductive thread - you would just need to connect to the skin surface somewhere in or above the socket. The instructable page:
<URL Redacted>
- Normally I have to have my patient use a Samsung stylus. It is because of the lack of conductiveness of the prosthetic finger that it has difficulty working.
- Some patients use a Dried Beef Stick, but that gets very greasy.
- If you're asking about actual cosmetic prosthetic gloves that would slide over a myo hand shell or a mechanical hand then I don't believe so.
BUT I know there are some sports type gloves that have that technology built into them (maybe Northface, Columbia or a ski apparel company). A patient could perhaps slide one over their cosmetic glove. Also, a company named ICON that makes motorcycle apparel makes a glove that can be used for iScreens. If you google ICON it should come up and then look at their glove tab. I hope this helps!
- One of my friend's is a runner and told me in the winter she wears special gloves that have a covering on the tip of the finger that allows her to use her touch screen with the gloves on. I know they exist. Maybe look at the sports store?
- I just did a quick amazon.com search: <URL Redacted>
Citation
Kim McQueen, “Touch Gloves Results,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/234755.
