Device for securing a blood vessel cannula to a body
OwnerRuark Bothainventor
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Abstract
The invention provides for a device for securing a portion of a blood vessel cannula to a human being or animal body, the device including a retaining means shaped and dimensioned to retain said cannula portion that extends exterior the body surface in a fixed position on the body; and an attachment means for removable attachment of the device to the skin thereby inhibiting movement of the cannula. The invention also provides for a method of securing a blood vessel cannula to a human being or animal body
Claims37
A device for securing a portion of a blood vessel cannula to a human being or animal body, the device including;
- a retaining means shaped and dimensioned to retain said cannula portion that extends exterior the body surface in a fixed position on the body;
- and an attachment means for removable attachment of the device to the skin thereby inhibiting movement of the canula.
A method of securing a portion of a blood vessel cannula to a human being or animal body, said method including;
- retaining said cannula portion that extends exterior the body surface in a receptacle in a fixed position on the body;
- and inhibiting movement of the receptacle by removable attachment thereof to the skin.
A device for inhibiting movement of a catheter or needle relative to the skin of a patient, when said catheter or needle is interconnected to an IV line or syringe by means of a hub, the device including:
- a retaining means having a receiving portion for receiving at least a collar of the needle or catheter and at least a portion of the hub so that the needle or catheter collar and the hub are retained out of contact with the skin of the patient, and a base portion extending from the receiving portion;
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- a flexible sheet for receiving the base portion thereon, the sheet including a transparent portion through which the needle or catheter in use enters the skin of the patient, the sheet being provided with an adhesive on its operatively lower surface to permit attachment of the sheet to the skin of the patient.
A method of securing a catheter or needle, when interconnected to an IV line or syringe by means of a hub, to the skin of a patient, the method including at least the steps of:
- inserting the needle or catheter into the patient so that the needle or catheter enters the skin of the patient via the transparent portion of the flexible sheet of the device as described above;
- inserting at least a collar of the needle or catheter and at least a portion of the hub into the receiving portion of the device;
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- securing the flexible sheet and thereby the retaining means to the skin of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.