Low profile retention system
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsSrinivas Nishtala, Linda Elbert, D. H. Perkins, Stephane Gobron, Jeffrey Smith
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Abstract
Medical devices for retaining an end of a medical tube. Each of the devices of the present invention comprises a base and at least one tab having a portion that is moveable within the base. The base comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, at least one side cavity for receiving a tab, and an opening transverse to the upper and lower surfaces. To facilitate tube retention, the tube is inserted through the opening in the base and the tab(s) is(are) moved within the cavity(ies) such that a portion of each tab contacts and retains the tube.
Claims33
A medical device for retaining an end of a tube, comprising:
- a base, comprising an upper surface and a lower surface;
- wherein
- at least one of said upper and lower surfaces define an opening extending from said upper surface to said lower surface, said opening for receiving said tube;
- and
- said upper and lower surfaces define a first side cavity between said upper and lower surfaces;
- and
- a first tab having a portion that is movable within said first side cavity, said first tab comprising
- an upper surface, a lower surface, a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- a first tube compression member extending from the distal end of said first tab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.