# US 11,896,783 B2 · Catheter housing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,896,783 B2 - Document ID: US11896783B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/178,779 - Filed: 2021-02-18 - Published: 2021-08-26 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-27 - Assignees: Vasonics, LLC - Applicants: Vasonics, Inc. - Inventors: Ramy Albany; Amid Albany - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896783B2 ## CPC - A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body - A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20) - A61B 5/021: Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels - A61B 5/02438: {with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient} - A61B 5/14552: {Details of sensors specially adapted therefor} - A61M 25/0097: {characterised by the hub (tube connectors or tube couplings A61M39/10)} - A61B 5/002: {Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building (A61B5/0017 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/02042: {Determining blood loss or bleeding, e.g. during a surgical procedure} - A61B 5/443: {Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water} - A61B 5/6802: {Sensor mounted on worn items} - A61B 5/6824: {Arm or wrist} - A61B 5/6831: {Straps, bands or harnesses} - A61B 2560/0475: Special features of memory means, e.g. removable memory cards - A61M 2025/0019: {Cleaning catheters or the like, e.g. for reuse of the device, for avoiding replacement} - A61M 2025/0056: {provided with an antibacterial agent, e.g. by coating, residing in the polymer matrix or releasing an agent out of a reservoir} - A61M 2025/0206: {where the catheter is secured by using devices worn by the patient, e.g. belts or harnesses} - A61M 2025/0246: {fixed on the skin having a cover for covering the holding means} - A61M 2025/028: {having a mainly rigid support structure} - A61M 2202/048: Anaesthetics - A61M 2205/15: Detection of leaks - A61M 2205/18: with alarm - A61M 2205/3306: Optical measuring means - 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)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A catheter housing device for securing a catheter and needle assembly to a patient. The device can include a cover, an IV/catheter lock, a hub, and one or more fastening straps. The device can replace conventional devices and techniques for securing a catheter and needle to a patient that utilize adhesive materials and/or methods, which are ill-equipped to solve complications including infection/contamination of the insertion site, irritation/damage to the vein or insertion site due to inappropriate angling of the catheter/needle, etc. The devices and methods disclosed herein can provide catheter/needle securement and optimal inclination, a hermetically sealed chamber to resist infection and/or contamination, inert gas or soothing anesthetic vapor drugs in and around the device, and various skin-contacting layers and structures that promote ventilation and patient comfort in and around the insertion site. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A catheter housing device configured to be positioned atop a catheter insertion site on a subject, the catheter housing device comprising: a hub component comprising a membrane configured to secure to skin of the subject around the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use, wherein the membrane includes an opening configured to be positioned over the catheter insertion site; a cover configured to secure to the hub component and configured to at least partially enclose the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use, wherein the cover comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface; a catheter lock component configured to at least partially retain a catheter hub coupled to a catheter to reduce movement of the catheter when the catheter is inserted into the subject at the catheter insertion site; and at least one port extending outwardly from a portion of the exterior surface of the cover, wherein the at least one port is configured to allow gas to flow into an interior of the cover. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the membrane extends around an entirety of a perimeter of the cover when the cover is secured to the hub component. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one port is configured to secure to a tube to allow gas flowing through the tube to flow into the interior of the cover. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one port is configured to allow a sterilizing gas to flow into the interior of the cover. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one port comprises a valve. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the at least one port comprises an at least partially cylindrical fluid passage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the membrane is configured to secure to the skin of the subject. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the hub component further comprises a main body connected to the membrane and configured to surround the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use, and wherein the cover is configured to secure to the main body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises one or more protrusions, each of the one or more protrusions configured to engage a portion of the hub component and secure the cover and the hub component to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the catheter lock component and the hub component comprise a unitary structure that is removably securable to the cover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The catheter housing device of claim 1, wherein the catheter housing device is configured to allow said gas to flow through said at least one port, into said interior, and toward the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use. ### Claim 12 A catheter housing device configured to be positioned atop a catheter insertion site on a subject, the catheter housing device comprising: a hub component comprising a membrane configured to secure to skin of the subject around the catheter insertion site, wherein the membrane includes an opening configured to be positioned over the catheter insertion site when the membrane is secured to the skin around the catheter insertion site; a cover configured to at least partially enclose the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use, wherein the cover comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface; and at least one port extending outwardly from a portion of the exterior surface of the cover, wherein the at least one port is configured to allow gas to flow into an interior of the cover. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The catheter housing device of claim 12, wherein the cover is configured to secure to the hub component, and wherein the membrane extends around an entirety of a perimeter of the cover when the cover is secured to the hub component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The catheter housing device of claim 12, wherein the at least one port is configured to allow a sterilizing gas to flow into the interior of the cover. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The catheter housing device of claim 12, wherein the at least one port is configured to secure to a tube to allow gas flowing through the tube to flow into the interior of the cover. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The catheter housing device of claim 12, wherein a bottom surface of the membrane is configured to secure to the skin of the subject. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The catheter housing device of claim 12, wherein the cover comprises one or more protrusions, each of the one or more protrusions configured to engage a portion of the hub component and secure the cover and the hub component to each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The catheter housing device of claim 12, wherein the catheter housing device is configured to allow said gas to flow through said at least one port, into said interior, and toward the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use. ### Claim 19 A catheter housing device configured to be positioned atop a catheter insertion site on a subject, the catheter housing device comprising: a hub component comprising a membrane configured to secure to skin of the subject around the catheter insertion site, wherein the membrane includes an opening configured to be positioned over the catheter insertion site when the membrane is secured to the skin around the catheter insertion site; a cover configured to at least partially enclose the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use, wherein the cover comprises one or more protrusions, each of the one or more protrusions configured to engage a portion of the hub component and secure the cover and the hub component to each other; and at least one port extending outwardly from a portion of the cover, wherein the at least one port is configured to allow gas to flow into an interior of the cover. ### Claim 20 A catheter housing device configured to be positioned atop a catheter insertion site on a subject, the catheter housing device comprising: a hub component comprising a membrane configured to secure to skin of the subject around the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use, wherein the membrane includes an opening configured to be positioned over the catheter insertion site; a cover configured to secure to the hub component and configured to at least partially enclose the catheter insertion site when the catheter housing device is in use; a catheter lock component configured to at least partially retain a catheter hub coupled to a catheter to reduce movement of the catheter when the catheter is inserted into the subject at the catheter insertion site, wherein the catheter lock component and the hub component comprise a unitary structure that is removably securable to the cover; and at least one port extending outwardly from a portion of the cover, wherein the at least one port is configured to allow gas to flow into an interior of the cover. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The catheter housing device of claim 20, wherein the hub component further comprises a main body connected to the membrane, and wherein the cover is configured to secure to the main body.