Stabilizing fitting for an intravenous catheter
First Claim
1. A stabilizing fitting for securing an intravenous catheter to a patient'"'"'s skin comprising a laminar base member having a longitudinal axis, an upper surface and a lower surface, pressure-sensitive adhesive means on at least a part of said lower surface of said base member, a catheter hub-retaining cradle on said upper surface of said base member, said cradle having a forward end, a rearward end and resilient side walls substantially parallel to and symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, said side walls being formed to receive and laterally locate a catheter hub pressed into said cradle, locating means associated with said cradle for maintaining said hub in position longitudinally of said axis with the catheter projecting substantially axially from said forward end of said cradle, a tab grip froming an extension of said base member rearwardly of said cradle, and means for reducing the bending resistance of the fitting along a bending axis substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and located intermediate the forward and rearward ends of said cradle.
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Abstract
A stabilizing fitting for securely holding an intravenous catheter to a patient'"'"'s skin at a venipuncture site comprises a laminar base member with an adhesive lower surface and a catheter hub retaining cradle on its upper surface. After insertion of the catheter into a vein and connection to an infusion tube, the catheter hub is pressed into the cradle which locates the hub laterally and longitudinally and the fitting is dabbed onto the patient'"'"'s skin. Stabilization is then achieved by affixing criss-cross adhesive tapes over the assembly.
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- 1. A stabilizing fitting for securing an intravenous catheter to a patient'"'"'s skin comprising a laminar base member having a longitudinal axis, an upper surface and a lower surface, pressure-sensitive adhesive means on at least a part of said lower surface of said base member, a catheter hub-retaining cradle on said upper surface of said base member, said cradle having a forward end, a rearward end and resilient side walls substantially parallel to and symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis, said side walls being formed to receive and laterally locate a catheter hub pressed into said cradle, locating means associated with said cradle for maintaining said hub in position longitudinally of said axis with the catheter projecting substantially axially from said forward end of said cradle, a tab grip froming an extension of said base member rearwardly of said cradle, and means for reducing the bending resistance of the fitting along a bending axis substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and located intermediate the forward and rearward ends of said cradle.
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