MEDICAL TUBE HOLDER

• US 3,782,388 A
• Filed: 06/06/1972
• Issued: 01/01/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sarah J. Page
• Original Assignee: Sarah J. Page
• Inventors: Page, Sarah J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Application Number:
  US05/260,115
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 128/348,349R,35R,214R,215,133,DIG.26 24/73R,73VA,81B,129B 248/74R,74A,25A
• US Class Current: 604/180
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/024 having a clip or clamp system
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0266 using pads, patches, tapes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/26 Cannula supporters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/33 having adhesive fastener

Abstract

An article for attaching a medical tube to the body of a patient comprising a clip releasably connectable to the medical tube, a pad having an adhesive on one side thereof for adherence to the body of the patient, and a flexible, stretechable band connected between the clip and the pad.

Claims

1. An article for attaching a medical tube to the body of a patient comprising:

clip means releasably connectable to said medical tube;

pad means having an adhesive on one side thereof for adherence to the body of a patient; and

flexible, stretchable elastic means connecting said clip means and said pad means, said connecting means being sufficiently flexible to permit orientation of said clip means in any position relative to said pad means, said connecting means also being sufficiently stretchable to permit expansion thereof and a significant increase in the spacing between said clip means and said pad means.

2. An article according to claim 1 wherein said clip means comprises:

a resilient annulus having an inner diameter greater than the diameter of said medical tube, said annulus having a slit therein permitting opening thereof to receive said tube, said annulus returning to a substantially planar configuration when released.

3. An article according to claim 2 wherein said annulus is a solid, substantially flat member.

4. An article according to claim 2 wherein said annulus is a doughnut-shaped member.

5. An article according to claim 1 wherein said clip means comprises:

a resilient annulus having an inner diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of said medical tube, said annulus having a slit therein permitting opening thereof to receive said tube.

6. An article according to claim 1 wherein said connecting means comprises:

a rubber band, one end of said rubber band being connected to said clip means, the other end of said rubber band being connected to said pad means.

7. An article for attaching a medical tube to the body of a patient comprising:

a solid, substantially flat, resilient annulus releasably connectable to said medical tube and having a slit therein permitting opening thereof to receive said tube, said annulus further having a V-shaped cutout therein;

pad means having an adhesive on one side thereof for adherence to the body of a patient; and

a flexible, stretchable rubber band connecting said annulus and said pad means, one end of said rubber band being positionable over said cutout in said annulus, the other end of said rubber band being connected to said pad means.

8. An article for attaching a medical tube to the body of a patient comprising:

clip means releasably connectable to said medical tube;

pad means having an adhesive on one side thereof for adherence to the body of a patient;

flexible, stretchable means connecting said clip means and said pad means; and

sleeve means surrounding said connecting means and extending from said clip means to said pad means.