Pre-Cut Adhesive Strips for Securing Airway Tubes
AssigneeTypenex Medical, LLC
InventorChristopher Walters
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Abstract
An adhesive strip that could be used for securing oral or nasal airway tubes, such as endotracheal tubes or laryngeal mask airways. The adhesive strip has an elongated shape and is coated on one side with an adhesive material. At each terminal end of the adhesive strip, there is a non-adhesive tab that is free of the adhesive material. The non-adhesive tabs facilitate removal of the adhesive strip off the release liner and/or off the patient's skin. The adhesive strip can be used by adhering onto the patient's face and wrapping it around the airway tube to secure the airway tube.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a flexible backing layer comprising a first side, a second side, a middle portion, a first end, and a second end, wherein the middle portion is between the first end and the second end;
- wherein an adhesive material is applied to the first side of the middle portion but not to the first end nor the second end;
- wherein the first end and the second end comprise visible indicia differentiating the first end and the second end from the middle portion.
An adhesive strip, comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- and
- a middle portion that is between and adjacent to the first end and the second end;
- wherein an adhesive material is applied to a first side of the middle portion, wherein the first end is non-adhesive such that the first end is configured to not adhere to a patient when the adhesive strip is adhered to the patient, and wherein the first end comprises a marking to visually distinguish the first end from the middle portion.
A method, comprising:
- applying an adhesive material to a first side of a middle portion of an adhesive strip, wherein the middle portion is between and adjacent to a first end and a second end of the adhesive strip, and wherein the adhesive material is not applied to the first end and the second end;
- providing visible markings on the first end and the second end that distinguish the first end and the second end from the middle portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.