Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1994-04-29
1995-04-04
Yasko, John D.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
A61M 2502
Patent
active
054032857
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for holding a catheter of a type having a flexible tube which can have one end thereof which extends into a large vein near a heart. The tube has a closure cap on the other end thereof for allowing the introduction of medications or fluids into the blood in the tube so that they can be quickly mixed with blood and thereby transported to other parts of the body for permitting blood to be quickly withdrawn therefrom. An elongated, flexible, elastic member is adapted to extend completely around the chest of a person and over the flexible tube at the location where the tube exits the body. Hook and loop closure members are provided on the flexible members for holding the tube in a coiled position adjacent the flexible member. The flap is provided with hook and loop fasteners for selectively covering up the coiled tube when not in use, but allowing easy access to the tube for adding medications, drawing blood, or to change the entire securing apparatus from time to time so that it can be washed, cleaned and re-used. Also, elastic and has hook and loop fasteners on the ends thereof so that it can be easily stretched and fastened around the chest.
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7-page brochure entitled Caremark Homecare-Changing The Central Catheter Dressing (1988) by Caremark Homecare Inc., an affiliate of Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
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