Catheter retaining means and method

Details Catheter retaining means and method Catheter retaining means and method

1985-09-13

1987-05-19

Truluck, Dalton L.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604179, 604345, 128DIG26, 128513, A61M 2502

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046664327

ABSTRACT:
A catheter retaining means and method for a surgically implanted catheter having an internal tubing portion received within the body and an external tubing portion with a free end extending from an exit site on the body. The retaining means comprises a band of flexible material for being received about the body and over the exit site of the implanted catheter for protecting the site of the body and securely retaining in position proximate to the body the external tubing portion as it extends from the exit site. The band has an opening and a pocket overlying the opening for receiving into the pocket through the opening at least a part of the external tubing portion and its free end for storage therein, the pocket allowing the removal therefrom of the free end and part of the external tubing portion of the catheter for placing it in use.

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Raaf--Surgery, Gyne & Obstetrics, Jan. 1985, vol. 158, No. 1, pp. 173-176.

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