Medical device for the protection of a catheter penetration site
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsMohammad A. Khan, Minh Quang Hoang, Gregory J. Mann
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Abstract
A medical device for protecting a catheter penetration site on the skin of a patient includes a resilient pad having a patient contacting side and at least one void therein for receiving and retaining a catheter at a catheter penetration site. The device has an adhesive on the patient contacting side of the pad for releasably adhering the pad to the patient's skin at the catheter penetration site and also includes a sufficient quantity of an antimicrobial agent to create a zone of microbial inhibition around the catheter penetration site.
Claims24
A medical device for protecting a catheter penetration site on the skin of a patient comprising:
- a resilient pad having a patient contacting side and at least one void therein to receive and to retain a catheter at a catheter penetration site wherein the resilient pad incorporates a cut resistant mechanism including aromatic polyamide fibers therein or a plurality of metallic strands twisted together to form a single filament therein;
- an adhesive on said patient contacting side of said pad for releasably adhering the pad to the patient's skin at the catheter penetration site;
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- a sufficient quantity of an antimicrobial agent to create a zone of microbial inhibition around the catheter penetration site.
A medical device for protecting a catheter penetration site on the skin of a patient comprising:
- a resilient polymeric foam pad having a patient contacting side and a void therein for receiving a catheter at a catheter penetration site wherein the resilient polymeric foam pad incorporates a cut resistant mechanism including aromatic polyamide fibers therein or a plurality of metallic strands twisted together to form a single filament therein;
- an adhesive on said patient contacting side of said foam pad for releasably adhering said pad to the patient's skin;
- a sufficient quantity of an antimicrobial agent selected from the group consisting of iodine, chlorhexidine, salts of chlorhexidine, biguanides, salts of biguanides, phenolics and antibiotics being mixed with said adhesive so that when said pad is releasably adherent to said patient's skin a zone of microbial inhibition is developed around said catheter penetration site by a release of said agent from said adhesive.
A medical device for protecting a catheter penetration site on the skin of a patient comprising:
- a resilient pad having a patient contacting side and an open ended slot therein to accommodate a catheter hub therein and to provide visual access to the catheter penetration site;
- an adhesive on the patient contacting side of the resilient pad for releasably adhering the resilient pad to the patient's skin at the catheter penetration site;
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- an antimicrobial agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.