Intravenous extremity support
OwnerLisa Vallino, Jennifer Marusich +1inventors
InventorsLisa Vallino, Jennifer Marusich, Betty Rozier
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Abstract
Embodiments for intravenous extremity supports for pediatric and adult patients that allow health care workers to visually assess and/or palpate an extremity during IV therapy without removing the extremity support are disclosed. Embodiments of extremity supports comprise a stabilizer and at least one window. In one embodiment, the window is a transparent portion of the stabilizer. In another embodiment, the window is an opening in the extremity support. In yet another embodiment, a window is an area of the extremity support that does not impede a health care worker's view of the lower part of an extremity.
Claims19
A method for assessing a patient's extremity for signs of infiltration and extravasation during peripheral intravenous (IV) therapy comprising:
- (a) locating a venipuncture site on the extremity of the patient;
- (b) affixing to the patient an extremity support at the venipuncture site on the extremity of the patient,
- wherein the extremity support comprises a stabilizer having (i) an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion, (ii) at least one window, and (iii) a first strap that is attached to the upper portion of the stabilizer and a second strap that is attached to the lower portion of the stabilizer;
- wherein the upper portion and the lower portion of the stabilizer are wider than the middle portion of the stabilizer;
- and wherein the stabilizer inhibits movement of the extremity and does not surround the extremity;
- (c) wrapping the first strap and the second strap around the extremity of the patient to secure the extremity support to the patient;
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- (d) palpating the extremity for signs of infiltration and extravasation during IV therapy without removing the extremity support.
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