# US 10,813,441 B2 · Belt for transporting a medical device and maintaining same in place, and corresponding kit

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- Number: US 10,813,441 B2
- Document ID: US10813441B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/780,103
- Filed: 2016-12-10
- Published: 2018-12-20
- Granted: 2020-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-16
- Assignees: Oxsitis
- Applicants: Oxsitis
- Inventors: Fabien Andrieux
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10813441B2

## CPC

- A45F 5/021: {to the belt}
- A61F 5/028: {Braces for providing support to the lower back, e.g. lumbo sacral supports}
- A61M 5/178: Syringes
- A61M 2209/088: on the body
- A45F: TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- 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

The invention relates to a belt (C) for transporting a medical device and maintaining same in place, said belt comprising at least one member (21) for receiving the device. The belt (C) comprises at least two bands of textile material (1; 12) connected by four removable, adjustable-length straps (8 to 11). The band of flexible material (1; 12) is a quadrilateral with a length to width ratio of at least 1.5. The invention also relates to a corresponding kit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A belt for transporting a medical device, the belt comprising:
two bands of flexible material, each having parallel upper and lower sides that are perpendicular to a left side and a right side and a length to width ratio of which at least equal to 1.5;
four straps, each with an adjustable length and two opposing free ends, wherein each of the four straps are removably secured to the two bands, and wherein each of the two opposing free ends of each of the four straps is removably secured to a different band of the two bands;
wherein each band of the two bands is secured to another band of the two bands by two straps of the four straps secured along the left side and two other straps of the four straps secured along the ride side; and
at least one receiving member for receiving the medical device secured to one band of the two bands.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The belt according to claim 1, wherein each of the four straps is provided with self-adhesive zones at each of the two opposing free ends.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The belt according to claim 1, wherein a notch arranged on one edge of the one band of the two bands and a maintaining member arranged near another edge of the one band of the two bands form a means for maintaining a cable, conduit, or sheath.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The belt according to claim 1, wherein the at least one receiving member is made from a rigid material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The belt according to claim 4, wherein the at least one receiving member is formed from two parts with complementary shapes, one part of the two parts forming a removable cover.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The belt according to claim 5, wherein passages for conduits, cables, or sheaths are formed in edges of the two parts.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The belt according to claim 1, further comprising at least two receiving members secured to the one band of the two bands.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The belt according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the at least two receiving members is a flexible pouch.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The belt according to claim 1, further comprising at least one band (25) made from an impermeable flexible material.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The belt according to claim 9, wherein the at least one band (25) of impermeable flexible material is equipped with a pouch for receiving a medical device, the pouch being provided with a sealing means.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The belt according to claim 9, wherein the at least one band (25) of impermeable flexible material is equipped with a pouch for receiving a single band of flexible material.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

A kit for transporting a medical device and maintaining same in place comprising:
at least one belt according to claim 1, at least two members for receiving two different medical devices, at least two bands of flexible material, and at least four straps.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The kit according to claim 12, wherein the at least two bands of flexible material different dimensions or natures.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The kit according to claim 12, further comprising at least one band (25) of impermeable flexible material.
