Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Retainers for wound dressings
Patent
1997-03-11
1999-04-27
Clark, Jeanne M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Retainers for wound dressings
602 75, 604179, A61M 500
Patent
active
058975195
ABSTRACT:
An intravenous securing device and secondary wound dressing for holding intravenous needle tubing and catheter tubing in place in a variety of anatomic locations on the human body. The securing device and secondary wound dressing is used without the need of adhesives. The intravenous securing device and secondary wound dressing consists of an elongated bi-directional wrap stretchable in opposite directions along a length of the wrap. The wrap includes a window opening therethrough which is sufficient in size to allow for visual inspection of the skin entry site of a needle or a catheter without having to remove the wrap. The wrap is washable and reusable. The bi-directional wrap is adaptable for conforming to various parts of the anatomy of a patient and includes releasable hook fasteners at one end of the wrap for securing the wrap around an arm, a hand, a chest, a neck and other parts of the anatomy. The wrap also includes a pair of parallel strips of hook and loop fasteners disposed on opposite sides of the window opening. Intravenous tubing, which is connected to the needle or catheter, is placed between the two parallel strips. When the openings of the two strips are opposed to each other, the strips trap the tubing therebetween for securing the tubing in place without the use of adhesives. By separating the hook and loop fastener parallel strips, the tubing is released.
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Glumac George
Reich Marshall P.
Shesol Barry F.
Clark Jeanne M.
Crabtree Edwin H.
Margolis Donald W.
Pizarro Ramon L.
Pothier Denise
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