# US 4,392,854 A · Device for fixing catheters or the like

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- Number: US 4,392,854 A
- Document ID: US4392854A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/211,181
- Filed: 1980-11-28
- Granted: 1983-07-12
- Earliest claimed: 1980-11-28
- Inventors: Bernhard Ibach
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4392854A

## CPC

- A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body
- A61M 2025/028: {having a mainly rigid support structure}
- Y10S 128/26: Cannula supporters
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A device for fixing catheters or the like, having a curved plate with a reinforcing bead, and three supporting legs extending radially therefrom, the legs arranged to provide an access arc to the curved plate of greater than 180.degree..

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for fixing catheters or the like on the surface of a body, comprising a curved plate having an axis of curvature adapted for alignment substantially normal to said body, said curved plate extending less than 180.degree. about said axis of curvature; and a plurality of legs attached to said curved plate, each of said legs extending at an acute angle relative to said axis of curvature and each of said legs having a foot portion adapted for adhesion to said body and a raised portion attached to said curved plate, to support said curved plate at a spaced-apart position from said body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein said foot portion of said legs further comprise pads adapted for substantially horizontal alignment with said body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2, wherein said plurality of legs further comprise three legs asymmetrically distributed about said curved plate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device of claim 3, wherein said asymmetrical distribution of said legs lies in an included angle about said curved plate of less than 180.degree..

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein said curved plate further comprises a plurality of holes adapted for receiving fastening threads or the like.