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US 2011/0214675 A1Published application
Medical tube holder
OwnerLouis G. Kostinventor
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A medical tube holder that includes a variable in size head band and a medical tube receiving loop depending therefrom. The loop is formed by a strap that has opposite end portions thereof overlying one another and the terminal ends thereof secured to the headband. The loop is spaced a selected distance from the headband by a necked down provided by the overlapping end portions. A member is slidably mounted on the necked down portion and provides means to selectively vary the size of the loop. The slide member has a locking mechanism movable from one to the other of a slider locked and unlocked state. The holder can be used in association with a bite block and perform the dual function of retaining the medical tube in position on a patient and retain the bite block in position on the medical tube. Also disclosed is a bite block that has an adjustably variable in size hole for receiving and clampingly engaging the medical tube.
A medical tube holder comprising a head band, a strap having opposite end portions overlying one another with the terminal ends thereof secured to said headband providing a loop that is spaced a selected distance from the headband by a necked down portion of the loop, a member slidably mounted on said necked down portion providing means to selectively vary the size of the loop and lock means on said slide member cooperatively engaging said necked down portion of the strap and movable from one to the other of a slider locked and unlocked state.
A medical tube holder comprising a head band, a strap having opposite end portions overlying one another with the terminal ends thereof secured to said headband providing a medical tube receiving loop that is spaced a selected distance from the headband by a necked down portion of the loop, a member slidably mounted on said necked down portion providing means to selectively vary the size of the loop to receive and be brought into pressured engagement with the medical tube and lock means on said slide member cooperatively engaging said necked down portion of the strap and movable from one to the other of a slider locked and unlocked state and a bite block that slidably mounts on said medical tube, said bite block having a flange that abuts the outer lip portions of the patient during use and including at least one lug projecting from said flange for being captively located between an inner surface portion of the loop and outer surface of the medical tube.
A medical tube holder comprising a head band, a strap having opposite end portions overlying one another with the terminal ends thereof secured to said headband providing a loop that is spaced a selected distance from the headband by a necked down portion of the loop, a member slidably mounted on said necked down portion providing means to selectively vary the size of the loop and lock means on said slide member cooperatively engaging said necked down portion of the strap and movable from one to the other of a slider locked and unlocked state and a bite block slidably mountable on said medical tube, said bite block having an adjustably variable in size hole through which the medical tube is inserted therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.