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US 8,435,216 B2Granted
Method of securing a line to a patient, fasteners, and their use to secure a line to a patient
AssigneeBraidlock Limited
InventorMarc Howard Spinoza
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Abstract
Fastener for securing a tube to a patient having a sleeve of variable length capable when lengthened of gripping the tube.
Claims21
A medical or surgical apparatus comprising:
- a sterile tube for supplying a fluid to or removing a fluid from a patient;
- and
- a sterile braided tubular sleeve comprising a substantially rigid ring at each end of the sleeve, the sleeve coupled to the tube such that the tube extends through the sleeve and each ring;
- where the sleeve is configured such that pushing the rings towards each other along the longitudinal axis of the sleeve shortens and widens the sleeve, allowing the sleeve to slide along the tube;
- and
- where the rings are biased away from each other such that if the rings are released the sleeve will lengthen and grip the tube.
3 more elements
A method of forming a medical or surgical apparatus comprising:
- providing sterile a tube for supplying a fluid to or removing a fluid from a patient;
- coupling an apparatus, comprising a sterile braided tubular sleeve and a substantially rigid ring at each end of the sleeve, to the tube such that the tube extends through the sleeve, where the sleeve is configured such that the rings are biased in opposite directions such that if the rings are released the sleeve will lengthen and grip the tube;
- where coupling comprises:
- pushing the rings towards each other to shorten and widen the sleeve;
- passing the tube through the apparatus such that the tube extends through the sleeve and each ring;
- and releasing the rings to permit the sleeve to return to a biased elongate configuration in which the sleeve grips the tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.