Medical appliance securing device and method of using the same
AssigneeM.C. Johnson Co., Inc.
InventorMatthew J. LeLievre
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Abstract
Medical appliance securing device and method of using the same to secure a medical appliance to a patient. In one embodiment, the device may be used to secure a hemodialysis catheter to a patient and may include a first base portion, a first adhesive for securing the first base portion to an object, such as a patient, the first adhesive being positioned under and coupled to the first base portion, a second base portion, the second base portion being positionable over the first base portion and fastenable to the first base portion; and a strap, the strap having a first end coupled to the first base portion and a second end fastenable to the second base portion.
Claims18
A medical appliance securing device comprising:
- (a) a first base portion;
- (b) a first adhesive for securing the first base portion to an object, the first adhesive being positioned under and coupled to the first base portion;
- (c) a second base portion, the second base portion being positionable over the first base portion and fastenable to the first base portion;
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- (d) a strap, the strap having a first end coupled to the first base portion and a second end fastenable to the second base portion.
A medical appliance securing device comprising:
- (a) a base, the base comprising a first portion and a second portion;
- (b) a strap, the strap comprising a T-shaped structure comprising a longitudinal portion and a transverse portion, the longitudinal portion being coupled to the first portion of the base, wherein the base and the strap constitute two parts of a single piece of material;
- (c) a first adhesive, the first adhesive being positioned under and coupled to the first portion of the base;
- (d) a second adhesive positioned over and coupled to each of the base and the strap;
- (e) a first set of fasteners positioned over the first portion of the base and coupled thereto by the second adhesive;
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- (f) a second set of fasteners, complementary to the first set of fasteners, positioned over the second portion of the base and coupled thereto by the second adhesive.
A method of securing a hemodialysis catheter to a patient, the hemodialysis catheter comprising a catheter hub, first and second lengths of tubing coupled to a first end of the catheter hub and a third length of tubing coupled to a second end of the catheter hub, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a medical appliance securing device, the medical appliance securing device comprising
- (i) a first base portion,
- (ii) a first adhesive for securing the first base portion to an object, the first adhesive being positioned under and coupled to the first base portion,
- (iii) a second base portion, the second base portion being positionable over the first base portion and fastenable to the first base portion, and
- (iv) a strap, the strap having a first end coupled to the first base portion and a second end fastenable to the second base portion;
- (b) securing the first base portion to the patient using the first adhesive;
- (c) positioning the catheter hub of the hemodialysis catheter over the first base portion, with the strap positioned between the first and second lengths of tubing;
- (d) fastening the second base portion to the first base portion, thereby securing the catheter hub between the first and second base portions;
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- (e) fastening the second end of the strap to the second base portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.