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IMPLEMENTS FOR IDENTIFYING SHEATH MIGRATION

  • US 20140121643A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2013
  • Published: 05/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An attachable implement for identifying migration of a medical device that extends through the skin of a patient, comprising:

  • a attachable implement body comprising a coupling surface and a skin contacting surface;

    said coupling surface arranged to couple to a surface of the medical device; and

    said skin contacting surface arranged to contact the skin of the patient;

    wherein said attachable implement body is arranged to be side mountable onto the medical device;

    wherein when said attachable implement body is mounted onto the medical device the medical device extends in a direction transverse to said skin contacting surface; and

    wherein said attachable implement body is configured to move with the medical device from a first position where the skin contacting surface is adjacent to the patient'"'"'s skin to a second position where the skin contacting surface is remote from the patient'"'"'s skin, such that an operator may identify that the medical device has migrated.

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