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US 12,728,233 B2Granted
Catheter retaining device
AssigneeBedal NV
InventorsAlexander Van Damme, Simon Callaerts
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Abstract
The present invention relates to means for fixating catheters, which are used in healthcare and in particular to means (1,5) for fixating such catheters to a living creature.
Claims15
A medical device for securing a catheter to a living creature, the medical device comprising:
- a body member having a first side and a second side, the first side adapted to be removably attached to the living creature;
- a pair of posts extending from the second side and having a channel therebetween adapted to receive the catheter;
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- a retaining strap having an opening adapted to enclose the pair of posts when in an engaged position for clamping the catheter,
- wherein the body member further comprises a first gap extending from the first side to the second side and arranged near a base of a first post of the pair of posts so as to permit the first post to be tilted toward a second post of the pair of posts in the engaged position, independently of those portions of the body member that are attached to the living creature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.