US 10,207,079 B2Granted

Drain tube holder system

AssigneeRed Oak Innovations Limited

InventorsLouan R. Fee, Patrick Fee

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Abstract

A drain tube holder system for securely retaining drainage tubes and reservoir bulbs against the body without impeding movement of the wearer. The drain tube holder system generally includes a strap adapted to be secured around various portions of an individual's body such as the waist, thigh, or shoulder. A retainer attachment is fixedly or removably secured to the strap. The retainer attachment includes one or more pouches adapted to retain one or more tubes and bulbs therein, with a first end of the tube exiting the body of the individual before being secured within a tube retainer within the pouch. The pouch is also adapted to securely retain a bulb, such as a reservoir, adapted to retain fluids drained through the tube. Using the present invention, an individual may enjoy improved comfort while wearing a drainage tube, such as after a medical procedure.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A drain tube holder system, comprising:

a strap including a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of said strap is removably connected to said second end of said strap;
a retainer attachment connected to said strap, wherein said retainer attachment includes a first pouch on an outer surface of the retainer attachment and defining an interior space sufficient to retain a reservoir bulb therein;
the retainer attachment includes a first end and a second end, and:
a) the first end includes a retainer connector that removably secures the first end to the strap, and the second end is fixedly secured to the strap;
or
b) each of the first end and the second end includes a respective retainer connector that removably secures the first end and the second end to the strap;
the first pouch includes a first wall with an interior surface facing the interior space, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a lower end, and an upper end opposite the lower end, the upper end being open to allow a drain tube that is connected to a reservoir bulb within the first pouch to extend therethrough;
and
the first pouch includes at least one tube retainer at the upper end thereof on the interior surface of the first wall, the at least one tube retainer is configured to secure a drain tube that extends through the upper end of the first pouch.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/842,924Filed 2 Sep 2015
Published: US 2017/0056630 A12 Mar 2017
Granted: 19 Feb 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A61M 25/02
Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters: holding devices, e.g. on the body
A61F 5/4408
Details or parts: means for securing receptacles or bags to the body otherwise than by adhesives, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses
A61F 5/449
Colostomy, ileostomy or urethrostomy devices: body securing means, e.g. belts or garments
A61M 1/84
Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems:…