Catheter support device

• US 4,397,641 A
• Filed: 04/03/1981
• Issued: 08/09/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daimon C. Jacobs
• Original Assignee: Daimon C. Jacobs
• Inventors: Jacobs, Daimon C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Application Number:
  US06/250,534
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 128/214 R, 128/348-350 R, 128/DIG. 26, 128/133, 604/180
• US Class Current: 604/180
• 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

Abstract

A catheter support device for anchoring an intravenous catheter and a portion of its associated tubing to a patient including a substantially rigid annular support member securable to the patient by an adhesive patch, the support member having an inclined catheter bracket mounted thereon for immobilizing the catheter with respect to the patient and an arcuate passageway carried by the support member for mechanically isolating a portion of the catheter tubing with respect to the catheter.

Claims

1. A catheter support device for anchoring a catheter and a portion of its associated tubing to a patient and comprising

a substantially rigid support member having inner and outer surfaces and an aperture therethrough for surrounding only the portion of the patient wherein the catheter is to be inserted, means carried by said support member inner surface for attaching said support member to the patient, a catheter bracket carried by the outer surface of the support member and being in open communication with the aperture therethrough for immobilizing the catheter with respect to the patient, an annular passageway provided in the outer surface of the support member surrounding the aperture for frictionally receiving a portion of the catheter associated tubing therein for substantially isolating said tubing portion with respect to the catheter, said support member comprising inner and outer circular spaced concentric outwardly extending wall members, the space therebetween being open between said wall members and forming said annular passageway, said catheter bracket being secured to said wall members, and wherein the outer wall member is provided with a pair of spaced openings therein to permit entry and exit of said portion of the catheter associated tubing.

2. A catheter support device as set forth in claim 1 and including an annular plate member secured to said wall members forming a base for said passageway, said plate member and wall members being secured to the means for attaching said support member to the patient.

3. A catheter support device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the means for attaching the support member comprises a flexible patch member having adhesive on one side thereof and an aperture therethrough concentric with the aperture in said support member, the flexible patch member being of a foam rubber material and including a peel-off cover member secured to the adhesive to protect said adhesive, and including a substantially rigid protective cover movably secured to the outer surface of the peel-off cover member for providing rigidity of said support device during shipment.

4. A catheter support device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said catheter bracket comprises a truncated conical shaped member having one side attached to the support member, the opposite side being provided with a longitudinal opening for receiving and holding the catheter therein.