Intravenous tube holder
AssigneeScott/Ross Designs Inc.
InventorsJames Scott, Chet Ross
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Abstract
An intravenous tube holder having positioned along one edge, a plurality of clips for securing the holder to an intravenous tube. On the opposite edge, a writing surface is provided for either the writing of medical instructions or for the attachment of a label giving identification and instructions as to the medicine being delivered via the intravenous tube. At one end of the holder is a male receptacle, at the other end is a female receptacle; this combination permits the holders to be interconnected into a gang approach so as to keep the various intravenous tubes from several bottles orderly and easily identified. In one embodiment of the invention, the holder is color-coded to provide quick identification of the medicine or its characteristics.
Claims17
An intravenous tube holder for securing an intravenous tube, said intravenous tube holder comprising a body member having positioned along one edge thereof of a plurality of clip means for securing said body member to the intravenous tube, a male attachment means located on a first end of said body member, and a female receptacle means for receiving a male attachment means from a different tube holder, said female receptacle means located on a second end of said body member and is a clip means for securing said body member to the intravenous tube.
An intravenous tube holder for securing an intravenous tube, said intravenous tube holder comprising a body member having,
- a) positioned along one edge, a plurality of clip means for securing said body member to the intravenous tube,
- b) a labeling surface on a side opposite said plurality of clip means,
- c) a male attachment means located on a first end of said body member, and
- d) a female receptacle means for receiving a male attachment means from a different body member, said female receptacle means located on a second end of said body member and is a clip means for securing said body member to an intravenous tube.
A gang of intravenous tube holders for securing an intravenous tube from a plurality of intravenous bottles, each of said intravenous tube holders comprising a body member having,
- a) positioned along one edge, a plurality of clip means for securing said body member to the intravenous tube,
- b) a labeling surface on a side opposite said plurality of clip means,
- c) a male attachment means located on a first end of said body member, and
- d) a female receptacle means for receiving said male attachment means, said female receptacle means located on a second end of said body member and wherein selected ones of said male attachment means are interlocked with a female receptacle of a different intravenous tube holder and wherein said female receptacle is also a clip means for securing said body member to the intravenous tube.
An intravenous delivery system comprising:
- a) at least one intravenous bottle having a therapeutic fluid therein;
- b) a hollow needle inserted into a patient;
- c) an intravenous tube communicating said therapeutic fluid to said hollow needle and the patient;
- and,
- d) at least one intravenous tube holder, each of said intravenous tube holders having,
- 1) positioned along one edge, a plurality of clip means for securing said body member to the intravenous tube,
- 2) a labeling surface on a side opposite said plurality of clip means,
- 3) a male attachment means located on a first end of said body member, and
- 4) a female receptacle means for receiving a male attachment means from a different intravenous tube holder, said female receptacle means located on a second end of said body member, and wherein said female receptacle is also a clip means for securing said body member to the intravenous tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.