# US 2019/0167248 A9 · Umbilical Catheterization Device

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- Number: US 2019/0167248 A9
- Document ID: US20190167248A9
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A9
- Application number: 15/186,617
- Filed: 2016-06-20
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-06-22
- Assignees: Clinvue LLC
- Applicants: Clinvue LLC
- Inventors: Brandon Wesley Craft; Anant Vaidyanathan Subramaniam; Chelsey Nicole Pon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167248A9

## CPC

- A61B 17/0293: {with ring member to support retractor elements}
- A61B 17/0206: {with antagonistic arms as supports for retractor elements}
- A61B 17/122: Clamps or clips, e.g. for the umbilical cord {(for the vas deferens A61F6/206)}
- A61B 2017/0287: {with elastic retracting members connectable to a frame, e.g. hooked elastic wires}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
one or more securing elements attached to the base.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where said retraction element is adapted to exert tension to provide retraction on an umbilical cord.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where said retraction device securing element is adapted to enable the attachment of an independent retraction device that exerts tension to provide retraction on an umbilical cord.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where said retraction device securing element is adapted to enable the adjusting of tension applied by an independent retraction device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where said base is adapted to attaching the umbilical cord device to a surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where said retraction element or independent retraction device is adapted to be secured to an umbilical cord.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where said device may be secured in position via reaction force from said retraction element exerting tension to provide retraction of an umbilical cord.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where said device is adapted to be secured in position via reaction force from said independent retraction device exerting tension to provide retraction of an umbilical cord.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where one or more said arms are formed to extend above the plane formed by the base.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The umbilical cord device of claim 1, where one or more said arms are attached to lie in the same plane as the base and the arms adapted to be bent out of the plane of the base to provide a retraction force.

### Claim 11

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.