Prepared tape for body inserted tube
First Claim
1. A prepared tape for securing to a patient'"'"'s skin or to a support a medical device such as an intravenous needle, a catheter, tubing or the like comprising a length of a flexible base tape and a length of a flexible anchoring tape, each having a pair of lateral edges parallel to its length and opposite adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, the non-adhesive surface of the base tape being joined to the non-adhesive surface of the anchoring tape in a linear area intermediate of and substantially parallel to the lateral edges of both tapes, whereby, when the base tape is adhered to a supporting surface, a medical device overlying said linear area may be restrained from movement with respect to said supporting surface by adhesion to the surface of segments of the anchoring tape wrapped over said device.
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Abstract
Prepared tape for securing devices, such as inserted intravenous needles, catheters, and/or associated tubing and tubing components comprising lengths of a base tape and an anchoring tape, each having a pressure sensitive surface and a nonadherent backing, the backings being joined together so that at least one segment of the anchoring tape'"'"'s adhesive surface can be wrapped onto the device to be secured by adhesion of the base tape to a patient'"'"'s skin or a support. The adhesive surfaces of the tapes are covered prior to use by release materials provided with pull-tabs. An edge of the base tape is preferably idented to stabilize the patient'"'"'s skin adjacent the point of entry of an inserted needle.
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- 1. A prepared tape for securing to a patient'"'"'s skin or to a support a medical device such as an intravenous needle, a catheter, tubing or the like comprising a length of a flexible base tape and a length of a flexible anchoring tape, each having a pair of lateral edges parallel to its length and opposite adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, the non-adhesive surface of the base tape being joined to the non-adhesive surface of the anchoring tape in a linear area intermediate of and substantially parallel to the lateral edges of both tapes, whereby, when the base tape is adhered to a supporting surface, a medical device overlying said linear area may be restrained from movement with respect to said supporting surface by adhesion to the surface of segments of the anchoring tape wrapped over said device.
- 8. A prepared tape for securing to a patient'"'"'s skin or to a support a medical device such as an intravenous needle, a catheter, tubing or the like comprising a length of a flexible base tape and a length of a flexible anchoring tape, each having a pair of lateral edges parallel to its length and opposite adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, the non-adhesive surface of the base tape being joined to the non-adhesive surface of the anchoring tape in a linear area intermediate of and substantially parallel to the lateral edges of both tapes, but one of the lateral edges of said anchoring tape being closer to said linear area than its parallel lateral edge to provide a shorter segment of anchoring tape, whereby, when the base tape is adhered to a supporting surface, a medical device overlying said linear area may be restrained from movement with respect to said supporting surface by adhesion to the surface of segments of the anchoring tape wrapped over said device.
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