# US 12,005,225 B2 · Line management device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,005,225 B2 - Document ID: US12005225B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/809,691 - Filed: 2020-03-05 - Published: 2020-06-25 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2011-04-28 - Assignees: Jmc Global Technologies I, L.P. - Applicants: JMC Global Technologies I, L.P. - Inventors: Craig Douglas Corato; Janalee Marie Corato; Huy Phuong Nguyen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005225B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/1418: {Clips, separators or the like for supporting tubes or leads} - F16B 2/08: using bands - A61M 2205/0216: Materials providing elastic properties, e.g. for facilitating deformation and avoid breaking - A61M 2205/60: with identification means - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - 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)} - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract The present invention includes a line management device for attaching to a fixture wherein the line management device simultaneously retains one or more patient care lines in an opening, wherein the device comprises: a flexible strap comprising a proximal strap end comprising a single slot positioned through a portion of the proximal strap end; a body portion connected to the proximal strap end, wherein the body portion comprises a channel positioned on top of the flexible strap that forms an opening through which the one or more patient care lines are positioned; and a distal strap end connected to the body portion, wherein the distal strap end extends through the single slot to secure the distal strap end to the proximal strap end. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A line management device for attaching to a fixture that retains one or more patient care lines, wherein the device comprises: a flexible strap consisting of: a proximal strap end comprising a single slot positioned through a portion of the proximal strap end; a body portion of the flexible strap connected to the proximal strap end, wherein the body portion comprises: a channel positioned on top of the flexible strap, wherein the channel is formed by (a) a bottom located under the one or more patient care lines, wherein the bottom is formed from the body portion, (b) a first curved flexible tab that extends from the body portion and curves towards (c) an adjacent second curved flexible tab that extends from the body portion and curves towards the first curved flexible tab, wherein the bottom and the first curved flexible tab and the adjacent second curved flexible tab form an opening that accommodates one or more patient care lines, wherein the opening is sized to allow the one or more patient care lines to be placed within the opening and the opening retains the one or more patient care lines without longitudinally restraining the one or more patient care lines or contacting the first curved flexible tab and the adjacent second curved flexible tab; and a distal strap end connected to the body portion, wherein the distal strap end extends through the single slot to secure the distal strap end to the proximal strap end. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The line management device of claim 1, wherein the flexible strap is rubber, polymer, plastic, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The line management device of claim 1, wherein the channel is parallel to the proximal strap end. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The line management device of claim 1, wherein the channel is perpendicular to the proximal strap end. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The line management device of claim 1, wherein the first curved flexible tab and the adjacent second curved tab flexible overlap. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The line management device of claim 1, wherein the opening does not restrain the one or more patient care lines. ### Claim 7 A line management device for removably simultaneously retaining one or more patient care lines comprising: a flexible strap consisting of: a proximal strap end that comprises a securing mechanism; a body portion of the flexible strap connected to the proximal strap end, wherein the body portion comprises: a channel positioned on top of the flexible strap wherein the channel is formed by (a) a bottom located under the one or more patient care lines, wherein the bottom is formed from the body portion, (b) a first curved flexible tab that extends from the body portion and curves towards (c) an adjacent second curved flexible tab that extends from the body portion and curves towards the first curved flexible tab, wherein the first curved flexible tab and the adjacent second curved flexible tab overlap to form an opening wherein the opening is sized to allow the one or more patient care lines to be simultaneously placed within the opening and the opening simultaneously retains the one or more patient care lines without longitudinally restraining or contacting the first curved flexible tab and the adjacent second curved flexible tab; and a distal strap end connected to the body portion, wherein the distal strap end comprises a connection mechanism that engages the securing mechanism of the proximal strap end to removably secure the proximal strap end to the distal strap end. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The line management device of claim 7, wherein the channel is parallel to the proximal strap end. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The line management device of claim 7, wherein the channel is perpendicular to the proximal strap end. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The line management device of claim 7, wherein the first curved tab and the adjacent second curved tab overlap. ### Claim 11 A method for retaining one or more patient care lines with a line management device comprising the steps of: providing a flexible strap consisting of: a proximal strap end comprising a single slot positioned through a portion of the proximal strap end, a body portion of the flexible strap connected to the proximal strap end, wherein the body portion comprises: a channel positioned on top of the flexible strap, wherein the channel is formed by (a) a bottom located under the one or more patient care lines, wherein the bottom is formed from the body portion, (b) a first curved flexible tab that extends from the body portion and curves towards (c) an adjacent second curved flexible tab that extends from the body portion and curves towards the first curved flexible tab, wherein the bottom and the first curved flexible tab and the adjacent second curved flexible tab form an opening that accommodates one or more patient care lines, wherein the opening is sized to allow the one or more patient care lines to be placed within the opening and the opening retains, but without longitudinally restraining or contacting the first curved flexible tab or the adjacent second curved flexible tab, or both, the one or more patient care lines, and a distal strap end connected to the body portion, wherein the distal strap end extends through the single slot to secure the distal strap end to the proximal strap end; and attaching the device to a fixture, wherein one or more patient care lines can be placed and removed from the opening. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the flexible strap is rubber, polymer, plastic, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the channel is parallel to the proximal strap end. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the channel is perpendicular to the proximal strap end. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first curved tab and the adjacent second curved tab overlap. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the opening does not restrain the one or more patient care lines.