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IV connector lock and stabilizer

  • US 4,997,421 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1986
  • Issued: 03/05/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bracket for supporting and for preventing separation and leakage between an elongate, hollow intravenous fitting fluidly coupled to an elongate, hollow catheter, the fitting having a shoulder and the catheter having a shoulder, said bracket comprising:

  • a base having a first end and a second end;

    a first clamp means mounted to said first end of said base for releasably locking said intravenous fitting to said base so that said intravenous fitting is restrained from moving transversely relative to its length, and for engaging said fitting shoulder so as to restrain positively said fitting from moving axially in a first direction along its length away from said second end of said base; and

    second clamp means mounted to said second end of said base for releasably locking said catheter to said base so that said catheter is restrained from moving transversely relative to its length, and for engaging said catheter shoulder so as to restrain positively said catheter from moving axially along its length away from said first end in a direction opposite said first direction,wherein said base includes a substantially flat surface, and said first clamp means comprises;

    a first member attached at its bottom end to said first end of said base, said first member having a substantially flat inner surface extending so as to form an angle of approximately 90 degrees with respect to said substantially flat surface of said base, said first member having a top end opposite said bottom end;

    an aperture extending through said first member;

    a slot extending through said first member coupled with said aperture so as to split said first member into first and second sections, said slot intersecting said top end of said first member;

    first and second fingers attached, respectively, to said first and second sections so as to extend toward said second end of said base, said first and second sections each having an intravenous fitting-engaging surface for engaging said fitting shoulder, which surfaces form an acute angle of between about 82 to 86 degrees with respect to said inner surface of said first member; and

    a slot extending between said first and second fingers coupled with said slot in said first member.

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