US 2010/0145280 A1Published application

Catheter clip for securing a catheter hub to a patient

OwnerRIchard Dean Daniels, JR., Cynthia B. Daniels +1inventors

InventorsRIchard Dean Daniels, JR., Cynthia B. Daniels, Robert C. Brown

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Abstract

A spring-loaded clip for removably attaching a catheter hub to the skin of a patient. The clip includes first and second needle members pivotably connected on a common axis and closable with their respective arcuate needle elements interlocked within the skin of a patient. A bias spring urges the first and second needle elements into a preferred position, preferably the closed position. Each needle member includes a lever for use in opening and closing the clip and also includes a grasping element for capturing a catheter hub as the clip closes. Preferably, the needle elements are curved through about 120°, are sharpened to a point at a first end, and are joined to a pivot element at the opposite end. No separate conventional suturing of a catheter hub to a patient is required.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A catheter clip assembly for securing a catheter hub to the skin of a patient, comprising:

a) a first needle member including a first hub having a first axis, a first lever extending from said first hub, a first pivoting portion extending from said first hub, a first grasping element extending from said first pivoting portion, and at least one first needle element extending from an outer end of said first pivoting portion;
b) a second needle member pivotably opposed to said first needle member, including a second hub having a second axis, a second lever extending from said second hub, a second pivoting portion extending from said second hub, a second grasping element extending from said second pivoting portion, and at least one second needle element extending from an outer end of said second pivoting portion;
and
c) a bias spring disposed against said first and second needle members,
wherein said first and second needle members are pivotably connected about said first and second axes when said axes are aligned and are cooperative between a closed position and an open position of said catheter clip assembly, and
wherein said bias spring is disposed to urge said first and second needle members in a direction between said open and closed positions.

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Facts

Application: 12/584,319Filed 3 Sep 2009
Priority: 5 Dec 2008
Published: 10 Jun 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A61M 25/02
Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters: holding devices, e.g. on the body
A61M 2025/024
Holding devices, e.g. on the body: having a clip or clamp system
A61M 2025/028
Holding devices, e.g. on the body: having a mainly rigid support structure
A61M 2025/0286
Holding devices, e.g. on the body: anchored in the skin by suture or other skin penetrating devices

Family

Application12/315,774Continuation in part · filed 5 Dec 2008
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