Medical Tube Securing Device
OwnerFereshteh K. Maynard, Jeffery B. Wilkerson +1inventors
InventorsFereshteh K. Maynard, Jeffery B. Wilkerson, Victoria L. Eskew
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Abstract
A medical tube securing device including: (a) an anchor that can be attached to the skin of a patient, wherein at least one opening extends through the anchor and is shaped and sized to receive a medical tube; (b) a first padding layer having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of the first padding layer is joined to the anchor and has at least one opening that extends through the first side and the second side of the first padding layer; (c) at least one clasp joined to the second side of the first padding layer, wherein the clasp receives and holds in place a portion of the medical tube; and (d) a second padding layer. A method of securing a medical tube is also disclosed.
Claims14
A medical tube securing device, comprising:
- (a) an anchor having a first side and a second side, wherein at least one opening extends through said first side and said second side of said anchor and said at least one opening is shaped and sized to receive a medical tube;
- (b) a first padding layer having a first side and a second side, wherein said first side of said first padding layer is joined to said second side of said anchor and wherein said first padding layer has at least one opening that extends through said first side and said second side of said first padding layer;
- (c) at least one clasp joined to said second side of said first padding layer, wherein said at least one clasp receives and holds in place a portion of said medical tube;
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- (d) a second padding layer.
A method of securing a medical tube having a first end positioned inside a patient's body and a second end positioned outside said patient's body, comprising:
- (a) passing said second end of said medical tube through an opening of an anchor and an opening of a first padding layer;
- (b) attaching said anchor to a skin of said patient's body;
- (c) inserting a portion of said second end of said medical tube into a clasp joined to said first padding layer;
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- (d) closing said clasp thereby securing said portion of said medical tube in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.