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US 2017/0360424 A1Published application
Umbilical Catheterization Device
AssigneeClinvue LLC
InventorsBrandon Wesley Craft, Anant Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Chelsey Nicole Pon
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Abstract
An umbilical catheterization device that allows a physician to prepare an umbilical cord and apply appropriate retraction to widen vessels to introduce a catheter. The device comprises a base and a plurality of arms. The arms may include retraction devices or may be compatible with independent retraction devices, including but not limited to sutures. The retraction devices are attached to the umbilical cord, and used to provide retraction.
Claims11
An umbilical cord device comprising;
- a base that at least partially surrounds an area, the area large enough to allow passage of an umbilical cord;
- one or more arms attached to the base, each of the arms including at least one of retraction element, and a retraction device-securing element;
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- one or more securing elements attached to the base.
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A method of retracting an umbilical cord, comprising the steps of:
- placing the base of the umbilical cord device such that it at least partially surrounds an area, the area large enough to allow passage of an umbilical cord;
- securing the base of the umbilical cord device to a surface that at least partially surrounds the umbilical cord;
- securing one or more arms of the umbilical cord device to an umbilical cord, said arms including at least one retraction element;
- securing one or more arms of the umbilical cord device to an umbilical cord, said arms including at least one retraction device-securing element, said retraction device securing element(s) that is/are secured to an independent retraction device attached to an umbilical cord;
- adjusting tension in the retraction element, said retraction element being attached to an arm of the umbilical cord device;
- adjusting tension in the independent retraction device, said independent retraction device being secured to a retraction device securing element, said retraction device securing element attached to an arm of the umbilical cord device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.