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US 5,207,651 AGranted
Traction tube holder and method
OwnerNancy Snyderinventor
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There is provided an improvement to a device for slidably mounting a tube against an orifice of a medical patient, the device including a polygonal section of sponge foam, a bore through this foam and a slot for enabling the polygonal section of foam to be slid over and onto a tube. The improvement comprises a rigid backing plate that fixedly attaches to the sponge foam in an area apart from, and preferably opposite, the surface of the sponge foam section in contact with the patient's orifice. This backing plate has a bore and slot corresponding to those in the sponge foam section. With this improvement, such mounting devices may be placed in more permanent traction against the patient's nose, mouth or other orifice. A further improvement includes a gauge for varying the amount of substantially permanent traction placed on a medical tube with this device. There is also disclosed a method for supplying variable amounts of substantially permanent traction to a medical tube with the holder of this invention.
In a device for slidably mounting a tube against an orifice of a medical patient, said device including a polygonal section of sponge foam, a bore extending through the sponge foam section, and a slot for enabling the sponge foam to be slid over and onto the tube, an improvement which comprises a rigid backing plate fixedly attached to the sponge foam section in an area of the device apart from where the sponge foam section contacts with the patient's orifice, said backing plate having a bore corresponding to the position of the bore in the sponge foam section and a slot corresponding to the position of the slot in the sponge foam section, the bore in said backing plate being sized to fit tightly against the tube extending through the bore's entire length and the bore through the sponge foam section being sized slightly smaller than the backing plate bore, said backing plate enabling the device to be placed in substantially permanent traction against the patient's orifice.
A device for mounting a medical tube in substantially permanent traction against an orifice of a medical patient, said device comprising:
A method for supplying variable amounts of substantially permanent traction to a medical tube extending from an orifice of a medical patient, said method comprising:
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