Catheter securing device

• US 4,416,664 A
• Filed: 09/11/1981
• Issued: 11/22/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles E. Womack
• Original Assignee: Charles E. Womack
• Inventors: Womack, Charles E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosenbaum, C. Fred
• Assistant Examiner(s): KRUTER, JEROME
• Application Number:
  US06/301,451
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 128/133, 128/295, 128/214 R, 128/DIG. 26, 128/349 R (U.S. only), 128/85, 128/80 G, 24/164, 24/182, 604/175, 604/179, 604/180
• US Class Current: 604/174
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/026 where the straps are releasably secured, e.g. by hook and loop-type fastening devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body

Abstract

A catheter securing device embodies a supporting pad-like member having a first flexible strap extending laterally therefrom to encircle a leg of a person. Cooperating fastener members are carried by facing surfaces of the strap when encircling the leg to detachably connect the pad-like member about the leg. An elongated resilient gripping member is carried by the pad-like member in position to at least partially encircle the catheter tube and restrain movement thereof relative to the pad-like member. A second flexible strap is carried by the pad-like member adjacent one side of the gripping member and is adapted to extend over the gripping member and engage a retainer element carried by the pad-like member adjacent the other side of the gripping member. Connector elements carried by the second strap engage adjacent fastener members carried by the first flexible strap to retain the catheter within the gripping member.

Claims

1. A device for securing a catheter or the like to a leg of a person comprising:

(a) a supporting pad-like member adapted to extend alongside and contact said leg of a person,

(b) at least one flexible strap secured to said pad-like member adjacent one end portion thereof and extending laterally therefrom in position to encircle said leg of the person,

(c) means detachably connecting said strap about said leg of the person,

(d) means carried by said pad-like member for detachably connecting a catheter thereto and restraining longitudinal movement thereto, and

(e) a pair of additional flexible straps secured to and extending diagonally from the other end portion of said pad-like member toward said one flexible strap with connector means detachably connecting end portions of said additional flexible straps to the outer surface of said one flexible strap.

2. A device for securing a catheter or the like to a leg of a person comprising:

(a) a supporting pad-like member adapted to extend alongside and contact said leg of a person,

(b) at least one flexible strap carried by said pad-like member and extending laterally therefrom in position to encircle said leg of the person,

(c) means detachably connecting said strap about said leg of the person,

(d) an elongated resilient catheter gripping member carried by said pad-like member and adapted to at least partially encircle said catheter to restrain movement thereof relative to said pad-like member,

(e) a flexible secondary strap having a length less than the length of said one flexible strap, with one end portion thereof carried by said pad-like member adjacent one longitudinal side of said resilient catheter gripping member,

(f) a retainer member carried by said pad-like member adjacent the other longitudinal side of said resilient catheter gripping member and having a longitudinally extending opening therethrough for receiving the other end portion of said flexible secondary strap with said other end portion of said flexible secondary strap extending over said resilient catheter gripping member to retain the catheter therein, and

(g) connector means detachably connecting said other end portion of said flexible secondary strap to the outer surface of said one flexible strap.

3. A device for securing a catheter or the like to a leg of a person comprising:

(a) a supporting pad-like member adapted to extend alongside and contact said leg of a person,

(b) at least one flexible strap secured to said pad-like member adjacent one end portion thereof and extending laterally therefrom in position to encircle said leg of the person,

(c) means detachably connecting said strap about said leg of the person,

(d) means carried by said one end portion of said pad-like member for detachably connecting a catheter thereto and restraining longitudinal movement thereof,

(e) a pair of additional flexible straps secured to and extending laterally from the other end portion of said pad-like member in position to encircle said leg of the person with connector means detachably connecting end portions of said additional straps about said leg of the person with said additional straps being laterally spaced from each other to receive said catheter therebetween,

(f) at least one retainer element carried by said other end portion of said pad-like member in position to extend alongside one side of said catheter with said retainer element having an opening therethrough,

(g) a secondary strap secured at one end to said pad-like member at the opposite side of said catheter from said retainer element with the other end of said secondary strap adapted to extend over said catheter and through said opening, and

(h) connector means detachably connecting said other end of said flexible secondary strap to one of said additional flexible straps of said pair of additional flexible straps.

4. A device for securing a catheter or the like to a leg of a person comprising:

(a) a supporting pad-like member adapted to extend alongside and contact said leg of a person,

(b) at least one flexible strap secured to said pad-like member adjacent one end portion thereof and extending laterally therefrom in position to encircle said leg of the person,

(c) means detachably connecting said strap about said leg of the person,

(d) means carried by said one end portion of said pad-like member for detachably connecting a catheter thereto and restraining longitudinal movement thereof,

(e) a pair of additional flexible straps secured to and extending laterally from the other end portion of said pad-like member in position to encircle said leg of the person with connector means detachably connecting end portions of said additional straps about said leg of the person,

(f) a pair of spaced apart retainer elements carried by said other end portion of said pad-like member in position for said catheter to extend therebetween and with said retainer elements having longitudinally extending openings therethrough,

(g) a flexible secondary straps having one end portion secured to said pad-like member and with its other end portion extending over said catheter and through each said longitudinally extending opening in said retainer elements, and

(h) connector means detachably connecting said other end portion of said flexible secondary strap to one of said additional flexible straps of said pair of additional flexible straps.