US 10,499,899 B2 · Medical tube fixing apparatus

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a medical tube fixing apparatus which includes an adhesive member for securing the medical tube. The medical tube is inserted into the incised surgical site of the patient to discharge blood, body fluids, and the like to the outside. The surgical site where the medical tube is inserted is sutured with staples or suture threads. The adhesive member is made of a strip or band shaped tape-like material. The adhesive member is fixedly coupled at one end to the staple or the suture thread which sutures the patient's skin, and adheres to the outer surface of the medical tube to fix the medical tube together with the staple or suture. An operator can quickly and conveniently fix the medical tube to the patient's skin using the adhesive member. It is easy to manufacture the medical tube fixing apparatus, and manufacturing cost can be reduced.

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Dependent claims

A medical tube fixing apparatus, comprising:

a staple comprising a flat top crown and a leg perpendicularly extending from each of both longitudinal ends of the flat top crown, the staple is capable of being fixed to a site of patient's skin into which a medical tube is inserted, by a skin stapler;
and
an adhesive member comprising a transparent or semi-transparent tape;
an adhesive layer coated on one side of the tape;
and a release paper attached to the adhesive layer and being capable of being released from the adhesive layer, the adhesive member being an elongated band having a longitudinal end fixedly coupled with the flat top crown of the staple, the other longitudinal end of the elongated band configured to adhesively wound around an outer surface of the medical tube at least one turn after the release paper is released from the adhesive, thereby fixing the medical tube to the staple.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Medical tube fixing apparatus

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Medical tube fixing apparatus

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Abstract

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