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US 2015/0105730 A1Published application
User wearable device for carrying peritoneal dialysis catheter
OwnerEdward ALFONSOinventor
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Abstract
Improvements in an easily wearable catheter. A housing secures the components of the catheter, i.e. the valve, the removable cap, the twist valve, and the hose, to the user by means of an attachment. The present retainer for a peritoneal dialysis catheter relates generally to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis methods and systems and, more particularly, to a user-wearable catheter housing which does not require any tape, belt or other bulky retainer to keep the catheter attached to the user.
Claims20
1:
- A user wearable catheter carrying device comprising:
- a housing having retention means for temporally retaining a catheter;
- a catheter twist valve that is temporally securable to said catheter;
- a removable cap that is temporally securable to said catheter;
- a hose that is connected to said catheter comprising a free-end and a connected-end;
- said housing releasably connects said catheter twist valve and said removable cap within said housing;
- said catheter twist valve, said removable cap, and at least a portion of said hose are held together essentially longitudinally as a single unit inside said housing;
- said removable cap is placed against a free end of said catheter hose within said housing where the catheter is temporally retained within proximal ends of said housing to prevent unintended disturbance of said twist valve or removable cap on said catheter
- said hose extends out of a free end of said housing to an exit site, and
- a means for suspended attachment of the catheter carrying device on a user.
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2:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein the means for suspended attachment is a necklace.
3:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein the means for suspended attachment is an alligator-clip on a string.
4:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein the means for suspended attachment is a clip-on on a string.
5:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein the housing is a cylindrically-shaped receptacle with means for securely accepting the catheter, catheter twist valve and removable cap.
6:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 9, wherein said housing is made of plastic.
7:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device that further includes a method for securing the catheter device of claim 1 to the user, consisting of the steps of:
- (a) securing the catheter, catheter twist valve and removable cap together into a single unit;
- (b) placing the unit inside the housing, and
- (c) securing the housing to the user with the wearing means.
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8:
- The method for wearing a catheter device of claim 7, the method consisting of the steps of:
- a) forming the catheter, catheter twist valve and removable cap into a single unit;
- (b) placing the single unit into the housing, and
- (c) attaching the housing to the user with the wearing means.
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9:
- The method for wearing a catheter device of claim 8, wherein the wearing means is a necklace, alligator-clip or clip-on.
10:
- The method for securing a catheter device of claim 9 to a user, wherein the catheter twist valve, the removable cap, and the hose are held together essentially longitudinally as a single unit inside the housing and the housing is secured to the body of the user by the wearing means.
11:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein the catheter carrying device is suspended at a location that is removed from an exit-site in the body of the user.
12:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein one end of the housing has an opening whereby allowing said hose to exit said catheter carrying device.
13:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein said housing has side walls for lateral support of said catheter.
14:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein said side walls join at one end of said housing to create a closed pocket.
15:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein said closed pocket accepts said free end of said catheter.
16:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein said housing has two rear retainer.
17:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 16, wherein said two rear retainer have a clearance between said two rear retainers for said hose to pass between said two rear retainers.
18:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein said housing further includes an integral clip.
19:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 18, wherein said integral clip is an elongated member that allows an article of clothing to pass between said elongate member and said housing.
20:
- The user wearable catheter carrying device of claim 1, wherein said housing is flexible to bend around said catheter when said catheter in being installed and removed from said housing.