Mesentery tube holder apparatus
First Claim
1. Apparatus for affixing a medical tube or the like to a body comprising a base plate contourable to the shape of a part of the body and in a flat condition having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface including a first end portion, an intermediate surface portion, and an opposite end surface portion, the base plate intermediate portion having an upwardly opening transverse groove, the thickness of the base plate longitudinally on either side of the groove being substantially greater than the thickness of either of the base plate end portions, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive covering the lower surface for adhering the base plate to the body, and means for affixing a tube to the base plate, said means including an elongated first flap having a first end portion, an intermediate portion and an opposite end portion, a layer of permanent adhesive for bonding the flap first end portion to the base plate first end portion and pressure sensitive adhesive for adhering the flap intermediate portion to the tube and to the base plate intermediate portion longitudinally on either side of the groove that is of a substantially greater thickness than the base plate end portions.
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Abstract
Mesentery tube apparatus that may be adhered to various portions of a patient'"'"'s body for holding a tube such as a catheter and permits replacement of the tube while the apparatus is still adhered to the body, said apparatus including a base plate of sufficient flexibility to conform to the part of the human body to which it is to be adhered, a self adhesive coating on one surface of the plate for adhering the plate to the body and at least one flap having an end portion permanently adhered to the base plate. In one embodiment the base plate has an upwardly opening groove to have the tube extend thereinto and there is provided only one flap which has a self adhesive coating for adhering to the part of the tube extending radially outwardly of the groove and to adhere to a self adhesive coating on the base plate on either side of the groove, there being a self adhesive coating extending across the grooved portion. In the second embodiment there are provided two flaps having their remote end portions permanently adhered to the base plate and adjacent intermediate portions with permanent adhesive to adhere them to one another above the base plate, and self adhesive on portions above the said intermediate portions to adhere one to the other above the tube and to adhere to adjacent surfaces of the tube to support the tube in spaced relationship to the base plate.
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- 1. Apparatus for affixing a medical tube or the like to a body comprising a base plate contourable to the shape of a part of the body and in a flat condition having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface including a first end portion, an intermediate surface portion, and an opposite end surface portion, the base plate intermediate portion having an upwardly opening transverse groove, the thickness of the base plate longitudinally on either side of the groove being substantially greater than the thickness of either of the base plate end portions, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive covering the lower surface for adhering the base plate to the body, and means for affixing a tube to the base plate, said means including an elongated first flap having a first end portion, an intermediate portion and an opposite end portion, a layer of permanent adhesive for bonding the flap first end portion to the base plate first end portion and pressure sensitive adhesive for adhering the flap intermediate portion to the tube and to the base plate intermediate portion longitudinally on either side of the groove that is of a substantially greater thickness than the base plate end portions.
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4. Apparatus for affixing a medical tube or the like to a body comprising a base plate contourable to the shape of a part of the body and in a flat condition having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface including a first end portion, an intermediate surface portion and an opposite end surface portion, the base plate intermediate portion having an upwardly opening transverse groove, the thickness of the base plate longitudinally on either side of the groove being substantially greater than the thickness of either of the base plate end portions, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive covering the lower surface for adhering the base plate to the body, and means for affixing a tube to the base plate, said means including an elongated first flap having a first end portion, an intermediate end portion, and an opposite end portion, a layer of permanent adhesive for bonding the flap first end portion to the base plate first end portion, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the flap intermediate portion for adhering to the tube, and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the base plate upper surface extending longitudinally across the groove.
- 5. Apparatus for affixing a medical tube or the like to a body comprising a base plate contourable to the shape of a part of the body and in a flat condition having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface including a first end portion, an intermediate surface portion and an opposite end surface portion, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive covering the lower surface for adhering the base plate to the body, and means for affixing a tube to the base plate, said means including an elongated first flap having a first end portion, an intermediate end portion, and an opposite end portion, a layer of permanent adhesive for bonding the first flap end portion to the base plate first end portion, an elongated second flap having a first end portion, an intermediate portion and an opposite end portion, a layer of permanent adhesive for bonding the second flap first end portion to the base opposite end portion with the flaps intermediate portions adjacent and extending away from the base plate and adhesive means for adhering the flaps intermediate portions to one another for holding a tube therebetween, including more closely adjacent the base plate along the length of the flaps intermediate portions than a tube and more remote from the base plate along the length of the flaps intermediate portions than the tube.
- 10. Apparatus for affixing a medical tube to a part of a patient'"'"'s body comprising a base plate contourable to the shape of a part of the body and having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface including a first end surface portion and a second end surface portion, a first and a second elongated flap that along the length thereof each have a first end portion extending remote from the other, a first intermediate portion adjacent the first intermediate portion of the other and joined to the respective flap first end portion, a second intermediate portion joined to the respective flap first intermediate portion, and a third intermediate portion joined to the respective flap second intermediate portion and a second end portion joined to the respective flap third intermediate portion, first means for attaching the first flap first end portion to the base plate first end portion, second means for attaching the second flap first end portion to the base plate second end portion, third means for joining the flap first intermediate portions to one another and means for releasably joining the flaps third intermediate portions to one another with a tube extended between the flaps second intermediate portions, and a pressure sensitive layer covering the undersurface for adhering the plate to a part of a body.
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