SECUREMENT DEVICE FOR VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM

• US 20100100049A1
• Filed: 10/21/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sta-Med LLC
• Original Assignee: Sta-Med LLC
• Inventors: Godfrey, Mark W.
• Application Number:
  US12/603,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20100100049A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/180
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0266 using pads, patches, tapes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/028 having a mainly rigid support structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body

Abstract

A securement device for a vascular access device, such as a catheter, includes a flexible base having a first side adapted for attachment to the patient and a second side. A support is coupled to the second side of the base and includes a surface that defines a recess configured to receive the vascular access device. The surface includes adhesive for securing the vascular access device within the recess and is oriented relative to the base for supporting an axis of the vascular access device at an angle relative to the patient. After the vascular access device has been secured in the recess by the adhesive, an occlusive dressing may be applied to cover the vascular access site.

Claims

1. A securement device for supporting a vascular access device relative to a patient, the vascular access device defining an axis, the securement device comprising:

a flexible base having a first side adapted for attachment to the patient and a second side; and

a support coupled to the second side of the base, the support including a surface that defines a recess configured to receive the vascular access device, the surface including adhesive for securing the vascular access device within the recess and oriented relative to the base for supporting the axis at an angle relative to the patient.

2. The securement device of claim 1, wherein the entire support is positioned between the axis and the patient.

3. The securement device of claim 1, wherein the vascular access device is secured within the recess solely by the adhesive.

4. The securement device of claim 1, wherein the base is formed of fabric.

5. The securement device of claim 1, wherein the surface is substantially semi-cylindrical and the recess opens away from the base.

6. The securement device of claim 5, wherein the semi-cylindrical surface engages the vascular access device over an arc of less than 180 degrees.

7. The catheter securement device of claim 1, wherein the support includes a pair of opposed and substantially trapezoidal sidewalls, and wherein the surface extends between the sidewalls.

8. The catheter securement device of claim 7, wherein the support includes a pair of end walls extending between the sidewalls, and wherein each end wall defines a respective secondary recess that is positioned adjacent the recess.

9. The catheter securement device of claim 8, wherein the pair of end walls includes a proximal end wall and a distal end wall, and wherein the distal end wall extends further from the base relative to the proximal end wall.

10. The catheter securement device of claim 7, wherein the recess is semi-cylindrical and defines a first radius, and wherein the secondary recesses are also semi-cylindrical, each secondary recess defining a radius that is smaller than the first radius.

11. The catheter securement device of claim 1, wherein the support defines a channel that divides the support into a first body portion and a second body portion that is moveable relative to the first body portion.

12. The catheter securement device of claim 11, wherein the first and second body portions are substantial mirror-images of one another.

13. The catheter securement device of claim 11, wherein the surface includes a first portion defined by the first body portion and a second portion defined by the second body portion.

14. A securement device for supporting a vascular access device relative to a patient, the vascular access device defining an axis, the securement device comprising:

a base having a first side adapted for attachment to the patient and a second side; and

a support coupled to the second side of the base, the support including a pair of substantially trapezoidal sidewalls and a concave surface that extends between the sidewalls and defines a recess, the recess configured to receive the vascular access device, the surface including adhesive for securing the vascular access device within the recess and oriented relative to the base for supporting the axis at an angle relative to the patient.

15. The securement device of claim 14, wherein the support includes a pair of end walls extending between the sidewalls, and wherein each end wall defines a respective secondary recess that is positioned adjacent the recess.

16. The securement device of claim 15, wherein the pair of end walls includes a proximal end wall and a distal end wall, and wherein the distal end wall extends further from the base relative to the proximal end wall.

17. The securement device of claim 15, wherein the recess is semi-cylindrical and defines a first radius, and wherein the secondary recesses are also semi-cylindrical, each secondary recess defining a radius that is smaller than the first radius.

18. The securement device of claim 14, wherein the entire support is positioned between the axis and the patient.

19. The securement device of claim 14, wherein the vascular access device is secured within the recess solely by the adhesive.

20. A securement device for supporting a vascular access device relative to a patient, the vascular access device defining an axis, the securement device comprising:

a flexible base having a first side adapted for attachment to the patient and a second side; and

a support coupled to the second side of the base, the support including a first body portion and a second body portion divided by a channel and moveable relative to one another, the first and second body portions each including respective surface portions that cooperate to define a recess configured to receive the vascular access device, the surface including adhesive for securing the vascular access device within the recess and oriented relative to the base for supporting the axis at an angle relative to the patient.

21. The securement device of claim 20, wherein the first and second body portions are moveable relative to one another in substantially inward and outward directions with respect to the axis.

22. The securement device of claim 20, wherein the first and second body portions are substantial mirror-images of one another.

23. The securement device of claim 20, wherein the entire support is positioned between the axis and the patient.

24. The securement device of claim 20, wherein the vascular access device is secured within the recess solely by the adhesive.