Intravenous training/demonstration aid
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1. An intravenous training/demonstration aid, comprising:
- a rigid base having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface having at least one undulating groove therein; and
a flexible blood vessel-simulating tube of substantially transparent construction removably seated in each undulating groove in said base to permit observation by a trainee of the interaction between an intravenous device and the walls of said tube.
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Abstract
A novel training aid for instructing medical personnel in proper intravenous techniques comprises a base having a vein-simulating tube removably seated in each of the one or more curved recesses formed in the top surface of the base. The vein-simulating tubes, and preferably the base as well, are formed of substantially transparent materials allowing the trainee to observe the interaction of an intravenous device with the walls of the vein-simulating tubes. The invention is also used to instruct appropriate techniques for taping the intravenous device to the patient and to demonstrate how the external portion of the device will contact the patient'"'"'s skin.
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11 Claims
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1. An intravenous training/demonstration aid, comprising:
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a rigid base having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface having at least one undulating groove therein; and a flexible blood vessel-simulating tube of substantially transparent construction removably seated in each undulating groove in said base to permit observation by a trainee of the interaction between an intravenous device and the walls of said tube. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An intravenous training/demonstration aid, comprising:
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a rigid base having a top surface, said base being formed of a substantially transparent material and having a plurality of grooves of curved configurations formed in the top surface in mutually spaced-apart relationship; and a plurality of flexible blood vessel-simulating tubes one being removably seated in each curved groove in said base, said tubes being constructed of substantially transparent material permitting a trainee to visibly observe the interaction between the walls of said tubes and an intravenous device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for training or demonstrating placement of an intravenous unit, which comprises:
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a base with top and bottom surfaces; said base being formed of substantially transparent material; the top surface of said base being substantially flat and having a plurality of undulating grooves formed therein in mutually spaced-apart relationship; and a plurality of flexible blood vessel-simulating tubes of different diametric sizes and formed of substantially transparent material, one of said tubes being removably seated in each of said grooves.
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