# US 10,117,717 B2 · Catheter dressing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,117,717 B2 - Document ID: US10117717B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/377,146 - Filed: 2016-12-13 - Published: 2018-06-14 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-13 - Applicants: Luke Blake - Inventors: Luke Blake - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10117717B2 ## CPC - A61B 46/23: with means to retain or hold surgical implements - A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body - A61B 2046/205: {Adhesive drapes} - A61B 2046/234: {with means for retaining a catheter} - A61M 2025/0246: {fixed on the skin having a cover for covering the holding means} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A catheter dressing system includes a catheter that may be inserted into a patient when the patient is undergoing a surgical procedure. A dressing is provided and the dressing is selectively adhered to the patient. The dressing covers the catheter thereby inhibiting the catheter from being contaminated and the dressing gas a tear-away portion. A surgical drape is positioned on the patient when the patient is undergoing the surgical procedure. The surgical drape adhesively engages the tear-away portion of the dressing. The tear away portion is removed from the dressing when the surgical drape is removed from the patient such that the dressing remains on the catheter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A catheter dressing system facilitating a surgical drape to be removed from a catheter without exposing said catheter to contamination, said system comprising: a catheter being configured to be inserted into a patient when the patient is undergoing a surgical procedure; a dressing being configured to be adhered to the patient, said dressing covering said catheter thereby inhibiting said catheter from being contaminated, said dressing having a tear-away portion, said dressing comprising a first panel having a first surface, a second surface and a perimeter edge extending therebetween, said first surface abutting said catheter when said dressing is positioned on the patient, said tear-away portion of said dressing being removable from said first panel; and a surgical drape being configured to be positioned on the patient when the patient is undergoing the surgical procedure, said surgical drape adhesively engaging said tear-away portion of said dressing, said tear away portion being removed from said dressing when said surgical drape is removed from the patient such that said first panel of said dressing remains on said catheter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, further comprising said first panel being comprised of a fluid impermeable material such that said first panel inhibits said catheter from being contaminated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system according to claim 2, further comprising a first adhesive layer being coupled to said first surface of said first panel such said first adhesive layer adhesively engages the catheter, said first adhesive layer being configured to adhesively engage the patient thereby retaining said first panel on the patient. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said tear-away portion comprises a second panel having a primary surface, a secondary surface and a peripheral edge extending therebetween, said peripheral edge having a first side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system according to claim 4, further comprising a second adhesive layer being coupled to said primary surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system according to claim 5, further comprising a third panel having an upper surface, a lower surface and an exterior edge extending therebetween, said exterior edge having a first side, said upper surface being adhered to said second adhesive layer having said exterior edge being spaced inwardly from said peripheral edge of said second panel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system according to claim 6, wherein: said dressing includes a first panel having a second surface and a perimeter edge; and said lower surface being removably attached to said second surface of said first panel having said perimeter edge of said first panel being spaced inwardly from said exterior edge of said third panel. ### Claim 8 A catheter dressing system facilitating a surgical drape to be removed from a catheter without exposing said catheter to contamination, said system comprising: a catheter being configured to be inserted into a patient when the patient is undergoing a surgical procedure; a dressing being configured to be adhered to the patient, said dressing covering said catheter thereby inhibiting said catheter from being contaminated, said dressing having a tear-away portion, said dressing comprising a first panel having a first surface, a second surface and a perimeter edge extending therebetween, said first surface abutting said catheter when said dressing is positioned on the patient, said first panel being comprised of a fluid impermeable material such that said first panel inhibits said catheter from being contaminated, and a first adhesive layer being coupled to said first surface of said first panel such said first adhesive layer adhesively engages the catheter, said first adhesive layer being configured to adhesively engage the patient thereby retaining said first panel on the patient; said tear-away portion comprising: a second panel having a primary surface, a secondary surface and a peripheral edge extending therebetween, said peripheral edge having a first side, a second adhesive layer being coupled to said primary surface, and a third panel having an upper surface, a lower surface and an exterior edge extending therebetween, said exterior edge having a first side, said upper surface being adhered to said second adhesive layer having said exterior edge being spaced inwardly from said peripheral edge of said second panel, said lower surface being removably attached to said second surface of said first panel having said perimeter edge of said first panel being spaced inwardly from said exterior edge of said third panel; and a surgical drape being configured to be positioned on the patient when the patient is undergoing the surgical procedure, said surgical drape adhesively engaging said tear-away portion of said dressing, said tear away portion being removed from said dressing when said surgical drape is removed from the patient such that said dressing remains on said catheter.