US 6,419,660 B1Granted

Medical tube holder

OwnerRonald D. Russoinventor

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Abstract

A tube holder and a method for manufacturing the tube holder is provided. The tube holder includes a base for attachment to a surface, for example, a patient's skin, and a tab for securing the tube to the base. According to one embodiment, the tube holder includes a first layer having first and second sides and first and second sections, and a second layer having first and second sides and first and second sections. The first sides of the first and second layers are attached to one another in the first sections of the first and second layers, the second sections of the first sides of the first and second layers are unattached to one another, and the first sections of the first and second layers form the tab and the second sections form the base. The tube holder also includes a third layer attached to the second side of the first layer for receiving a tube.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A tube holder having a base and a tab extending therefrom comprising:

a first layer having first and second sides and first and second sections;
a second layer having first and second sides and first and second sections, wherein the first sides of the first and second layers are attached to one another in the first sections of the first and second layers, the second sections of the first sides of the first and second layers are unattached to one another, the first sections of the first and second layers form the tab and the second sections form the base, the first sides of the second sections that form the base for anchoring the tube holder to a patient's skin, and the tab for attachment to the second side of the second section of the first layer to secure a tube between the tab and the base;
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a third adhesive layer attached to the second side of the first layer for receiving the tube, the adhesive layer being non-permanent to permit releasable engagement of the tube so that the tube can be removed and repositioned relative to the adhesive layer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/233,414Filed 19 Jan 1999 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 May 1998
Granted: 16 Jul 2002
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A61M 25/02
Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters: holding devices, e.g. on the body
A61M 2025/0226
Where the catheter is attached by means specifically adapted to a part of the human body: specifically adapted for the nose
A61M 2025/026
Where the catheter is attached by straps, bands or the like secured by adhesives: where the straps are releasably secured, e.g. by hook and…
A61M 2025/0266
Holding devices, e.g. on the body: using pads, patches, tapes or the like