Medical device for the protection of a catheter penetration site

Details Medical device for the protection of a catheter penetration site Medical device for the protection of a catheter penetration site

1995-12-22

1997-11-11

Page, Thurman K.

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Preparations characterized by special physical form

Web, sheet or filament bases; compositions of bandages; or...

424447, 424448, 424449, 604306, 604332, 6043851, 523111, 523122, A61K 970, A61F 1302, A61F 1320, C08L 1500

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ABSTRACT:
A medical device for protecting a catheter penetration site on the skin of a patient includes a resilient pad having a patient contacting side and at least one void therein for receiving and retaining a catheter at a catheter penetration site. The device has an adhesive on the patient contacting side of the pad for releasably adhering the pad to the patient's skin at the catheter penetration site and also includes a sufficient quantity of an antimicrobial agent to create a zone of microbial inhibition around the catheter penetration site.

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