Medical catheter dressing device
AssigneeTeam Medical, LLC
InventorWarren P. Heim
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Abstract
A medical apparatus and method for managing one or more conveyance tubes used to inject or remove fluids, solids or semi-solids from a patient's body without the need for sutures. The device further includes a biohazard control system to reduce the risk of exposure of the medical biohazards such as blood and tissue to attending medical personnel.
Claims30
A medical dressing assembly for use with at least one conveyance tube positionable in a patient's body for the removal or injection of fluid or solid matter therethrough, comprising:
- a dressing pad selectably attachable to said patient adjacent one or more access wounds for penetration of said conveyance tubes, said dressing pad having at least one aperture extending therethrough to receive said conveyance tubes;
- an upstanding retaining collar positioned adjacent to each of said apertures for selective interconnection to said body matter conveyance tubes and interconnectable to said dressing pad, wherein said retaining collar and said dressing pad supportably anchor said body matter conveyance tubes;
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- an biohazard control sleeve having a bottom end interconnected to said dressing pad proximate said apertures, and a top end selectively extendable away from said apertures, wherein said biohazard control sleeve is progressively receivable within said retaining collar permitting withdrawal of said body matter conveyance tube from said access wound of said patient's body while enclosing said fluid or solid matter or other medical biohazards from said patient's body within said biohazard control sleeve wherein said sleeve is extendable along its longitudinal axis.
A medical method of managing one or more body conveyance tubes used for injecting or removing fluid or solid matter from a patient's body, comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting an inlet end of said body conveyance tube into said patient's body through one or more access openings;
- (b) positioning a dressing pad assembly around said body conveyance tubes, said assembly comprising a dressing pad, an upstanding collar interconnected to said dressing pad and an extendable biohazard control sleeve operably located proximate said access openings;
- (c) securing said body conveyance tube to said upstanding collar;
- (d) anchoring a bottom surface of said dressing pad to said patient's skin wherein said body conveyance tube is supportably positioned to said patient's body;
- (e) passing said fluid or solid matter through said body conveyance tubes;
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- (f) removing said body conveyance tubes from within said patient's body while progressively extending said biohazard control sleeve away from said access opening, wherein said fluid or solid matter in said conveyance tube and medical biohazards from said patient's body are substantially contained within said biohazard control sleeve.
A medical dressing assembly for use with one or more body conveyance tubes positioned in a patient's body for the transfer of fluid and solid matter therethrough, comprising:
- a dressing pad selectably attachable to said patient's body adjacent one or more access wounds for penetration of said body conveyance tubes, said dressing pad having one or more apertures extending therethrough to receive said conveyance tubes;
- an upstanding retaining collar positioned adjacent to each of said apertures for selective interconnection to said conveyance tube and removably interconnected to said dressing pad, wherein said retaining collar and said dressing pad supportably anchor said conveyance tube to said patient's body;
- an biohazard control sleeve having a bottom end interconnected to said dressing pad proximate said aperture, and a top end selectively extendable away from said aperture, wherein said biohazard control sleeve is progressively receivable within said retaining collar permitting withdrawal of said conveyance tubes from said access wounds of said patient's body while substantially containing said fluid and solid matter and medical biohazards from said patient's body within said biohazard control sleeve;
- and wherein said sleeve is extendable along a longitudinal axis,
- at least one cover flap interconnectable to a top surface of said dressing pad, wherein said cover flaps may be removably positioned over said access wounds to promote the healing of said access wounds upon removal of said conveyance tube and said biohazard control sleeve.
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