Catheter locating device
First Claim
1. A device for mounting a catheter in a body fluid-carrying conduit in a patient and securing the catheter to said patient comprising anchoring means for attachment to said patient at a predetermined location on said patient at which said body fluid-carrying conduit is located, said anchoring means including an upper surface and an aperture therein, a rotatable saddle rotatably mounted in said aperture in said anchoring means, said rotatable saddle rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to said predetermined location on said patient and including an for receiving said catheter, said rotatable saddle further including a contact surface for contacting said body fluid-carrying conduit in said patient and a saddle channel extending between said aperture and said contact surface, and stabilizing means affixed to said rotatable saddle for preventing removal of said rotatable saddle from said anchoring means, without interfering with said rotation of said rotatable saddle, said stabilizing means including at least one stabilizing member located in a plane adjacent to and overlapping said upper surface of said anchoring means whereby said device can be attached to said patient at said predetermined location and subsequently adjusted by rotating said rotatable saddle so as to align said saddle channel with said predetermined location on said patient, and said catheter can be accurately located in said body fluid-carrying conduit when it has been inserted through said saddle channel.
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Abstract
A device for securing catheters to grafts and the like implanted in patients, primarily for use in connection with dialysis treatments is disclosed, including an anchoring bracelet for attachment to the patient at a predetermined location at which the graft is located, a rotatable saddle rotatably mounted on the anchoring bracelet, in which the saddle includes an aperture adapted to receive the catheter, a contact surface having a shape adapted to mate with the graft, and a saddle channel extending between the aperture and the contact surface, and stabilizing tabs for preventing removal of the rotatable saddle from the anchoring bracelet so that the catheter can be accurately located in the graft and firmly anchored on the patient.
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40 Claims
- 1. A device for mounting a catheter in a body fluid-carrying conduit in a patient and securing the catheter to said patient comprising anchoring means for attachment to said patient at a predetermined location on said patient at which said body fluid-carrying conduit is located, said anchoring means including an upper surface and an aperture therein, a rotatable saddle rotatably mounted in said aperture in said anchoring means, said rotatable saddle rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to said predetermined location on said patient and including an for receiving said catheter, said rotatable saddle further including a contact surface for contacting said body fluid-carrying conduit in said patient and a saddle channel extending between said aperture and said contact surface, and stabilizing means affixed to said rotatable saddle for preventing removal of said rotatable saddle from said anchoring means, without interfering with said rotation of said rotatable saddle, said stabilizing means including at least one stabilizing member located in a plane adjacent to and overlapping said upper surface of said anchoring means whereby said device can be attached to said patient at said predetermined location and subsequently adjusted by rotating said rotatable saddle so as to align said saddle channel with said predetermined location on said patient, and said catheter can be accurately located in said body fluid-carrying conduit when it has been inserted through said saddle channel.
- 15. A catheter device for being affixed to a patient at the location of a body fluid-carrying conduit in said patient comprising a catheter including a needle member and tubular catheter conduit means for supplying fluid to or removing fluid from said needle member, anchoring means for attachment to said patient at a predetermined location on said patient at which said body fluid-carrying conduit is located, said anchoring means including an upper surface and an aperture therein, a rotatable saddle rotatably mounted in said aperture in said anchoring means, said rotatable saddle including an aperture for receiving said catheter, said rotatable saddle further including a contact surface for contacting said body fluid-carrying conduit in said patient and a saddle channel extending between said aperture and said contact surface, and stabilizing means affixed to said rotatable saddle for preventing removal of said rotatable saddle from said anchoring means without interfering with said rotation of said rotatable saddle, said stabilizing means including at least one stabilizing member located in a plane adjacent to and overlapping said upper surface of said anchoring means whereby said device can be attached to said patient at said predetermined location and subsequently adjusted by rotating said rotatable saddle so as to align said saddle channel with said predetermined location on said patient, and said catheter can be accurately located in said body fluid-carrying conduit when it has been inserted into said aperture.
- 28. A device for mounting a catheter in a body fluid-carrying conduit in a patient and securing the catheter to said patient comprising anchoring means for attachment to said patient at a predetermined location on said patient at which said body fluid-carrying conduit is located, said anchoring means including an upper surface and an aperture therein, a rotatable saddle rotatably mounted in said aperture in said anchoring means, said rotatable saddle rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to said predetermined location on said patient and including an aperture for receiving said catheter, said rotatable saddle further including a contact surface for contacting said body fluid-carrying conduit in said patient and a saddle channel extending between said aperture and said contact surface, and stabilizing means affixed to said anchoring means for preventing removal of said rotatable saddle from said anchoring means, without interfering with said rotation of said rotatable saddle, said stabilizing means including at least one stabilizing member located in a plane adjacent to and overlapping said upper surface of said anchoring means whereby said device can be attached to said patient at said predetermined location and subsequently adjusted by rotating said rotatable saddle so as to align said saddle channel with said predetermined location on said patient, and said catheter can be accurately located in said body fluid-carrying conduit when it has been inserted through said saddle channel.
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