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US 2014/0276600 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Providing IV Access to the External Jugular Vein
OwnerMichael Foster, Timothy Peckinventors
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Abstract
A device for locating and distending the external jugular vein is provided by a wish-bone shaped apparatus designed to engage the neck of a patent and apply sufficient pressure on the neck that the external jugular vein becomes distended due to pressure placed on the patient's neck. The device includes two distally placed flat portions that resiliently engage the patient's neck without causing choking or hindrance in breathing.
Claims9
A device for engaging the external jugular vein of a living body, the device comprising:
- a wishbone shaped frame, the frame having a closed end and an open end;
- the open end having two legs, each leg being connected to the closed end and each having an end surface located distally of the closed end, each end surface being constructed and arranged to face the other end surface on the opposite leg;
- the end surfaces being separated by a distance less than the thickness of the neck of the living body;
- such that when the device is placed in contact with the living body, one or more of the end surfaces engages and causes a distention of at least one external jugular vein.
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