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US 2020/0368498 A1Published application
Dressing
AssigneeVLV Associates
InventorsMichael J. Vaillancourt, Marshall Kerr, Michael Pfefferkorn
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the dressing has a base which is to be adhered to a patient about a catheter site, an aperture in the base to pull a catheter line through and a cover with a window that is folded over and onto the base in a sealed manner. In another embodiment, the dressing has two covers with windows for folding over separate sections of a base to seal in the components of a catheter assembly with multiple catheters extending from a common housing.
Claims11
A dressing for a catheter site comprising
- a base having an adhesive on an underside thereof for adhering to a patient and an opening for passage of a catheter therethrough from the catheter site;
- and
- a cover secured to said base for movement between an opened position spaced from said base and a closed position over said base, said cover having a window with a preformed bubble for positioning over and fully encasing a catheter on said base and a frame secured about a periphery of said window with an adhesive on an outer surface thereof for securement to said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.