# US 2014/0155833 A1 · Protection and accommodation system, in particular for a device for delivering a treatment to a patient > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0155833 A1 - Document ID: US20140155833A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/235,236 - Filed: 2012-08-02 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-04 - Inventors: Filippo Gugliotta - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155833A1 ## CPC - A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body - A61M 2005/1586: {Holding accessories for holding infusion needles on the body} - A61M 2025/026: {where the straps are releasably secured, e.g. by hook and loop-type fastening devices} - A61M 2025/0266: {using pads, patches, tapes or the like} - A61M 2025/028: {having a mainly rigid support structure} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract The protection and accommodation system is suitable in particular for a device (C) for delivering a treatment to a patient, for instance a drug by intravenous way. The system includes: a support structure arranged to be attached in a removable manner to the patient's body, and a retaining structure associated with the support structure and Including a deformable material arranged to be deformed by a compression performed by an operator which pushes a fixing portion (W) of the delivery device (C) against the deformable material, and arranged for embedding and retaining the fixing portion (W) by at least partial, elastic return performed by the deformable material after the compression performed by the operator. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A protection and accommodation system, in particular for a device (C) for delivering a treatment to a patient; said system comprising: a support structure arranged to be attached in a removable manner to the patient's body, and a retaining structure associated with said support structure and comprising a deformable material; a casing including a tray that receives said deformable material; wherein said deformable material is arranged to be deformed by a compression performed by an operator which pushes a fixing portion (W) of said delivery device (C) against said deformable material, and arranged for embedding and retaining said fixing portion (W) by means of one, at least partial, elastic return performed by said deformable material after the compression performed by the operator, and wherein said support structure is arranged for assuming a cover arrangement, wherein it is superposed to—and covers—said retaining structure, and a release arrangement, wherein it allows to reach such retaining structure; said support structure defining a cavity arranged to accommodate at least one portion (I, O) of said delivery device (C). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said deformable material is an elastomeric material comprising a polymer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said deformable material is a polymer included in the list consisting of silicone, inert polyurethane, a clay-based material, a wax-based material, a shape-memory material, and a polyester-based material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said deformable material has adhesive properties. ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (canceled) ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said casing includes a reclosable lid able to be coupled with said tray. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7, wherein said lid is hinged to said tray. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said casing has at least one passageway arranged to be passed through by at least one portion (I, O) of said delivery device (C). ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system according to claim 9, wherein said casing has at least a couple of passageways arranged to be passed through by at least one portion (I, O) of said delivery device (C). ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said support structure includes an inner sheet and an outer sheet overlapping one on the other and connected so as to form a pocket located at the space between them. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, wherein said support structure includes a cover flap which is oscillatable so as to cover said retaining structure when said support structure is in the cover arrangement, and so as to allow to reach said retaining structure when said support structure is the release arrangement. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein said support structure comprises a bearing flap (26) on which said retaining structure is supported and which is arranged to be covered by said cover flap when said support structure is in said cover arrangement. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein said support structure is a wearable band or patch. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the casing has a first passageway arranged to be passed through by a portion of the delivery device (C), said first passageway, being realized as a first recess provided on the tray and/or on the lid (138) and wherein the casing further has a second passageway arranged to the passed through by a portion of the delivery device (C) and provided on the tray and/or on the lid. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system according to claim 16, wherein the first passageway and the second passageway are made by laterally opposite parts of the casing.