Intravenous needle anchors
First Claim
1. An anchor band useful for administering I.V. therapy comprising:
- a band of material having a first end and a second end, an inside surface and an outside surface and a length sufficient to permit said band to overlappingly encompass a patients body part adjacent a site at which I.V. therapy is to be administered;
said band made of a soft cloth type material being thin and producing the result of a flush with the skin taping surface and to avoid elevation or deviation of the inserted I.V. needle;
a pair of resilient pads affixed to said inside surface of said band in a specifically selected, spaced apart relationship key to providing the flush with the skin relationship of said band;
said resilient pads being generally diametrically opposite one another when said band encompasses said body part adjacent said I.V. therapy site.
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Abstract
An anchor band is positionable about the limb or head of a patient undergoing an intravenous procedure. Hospital personnel may continue to use their standard practices of maintaining intravenous angiocatheter'"'"'s and tubing in position by use of adhesive tape. The anchor band, however, acts as a buffer between the adhesive tape and the patients skin. Thereafter, normal hospital procedures which require the removal, reapplication, and, again, removal of adhesive tape, because of adjustments and accommodations to the intravenous angiocatheter and tubing, will cause no irritation or damage to the patient'"'"'s skin since the adhesive will be applied and removed, and reapplied to the anchor band rather than directly to the person'"'"'s skin. Non-slip pads are used to avoid rotation or slippage and are spaced on the underside of the band such that the portion of the band adjacent the I.V. angiocatheter is pulled into a flush relationship with the patients skin to prevent deviation or exertion of upward forces on the exposed end of the angiocatheter.
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Citations
13 Claims
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1. An anchor band useful for administering I.V. therapy comprising:
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a band of material having a first end and a second end, an inside surface and an outside surface and a length sufficient to permit said band to overlappingly encompass a patients body part adjacent a site at which I.V. therapy is to be administered; said band made of a soft cloth type material being thin and producing the result of a flush with the skin taping surface and to avoid elevation or deviation of the inserted I.V. needle; a pair of resilient pads affixed to said inside surface of said band in a specifically selected, spaced apart relationship key to providing the flush with the skin relationship of said band; said resilient pads being generally diametrically opposite one another when said band encompasses said body part adjacent said I.V. therapy site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An anchor band for use in maintaining intravenous (I.V.) needles and tubing in position on a patient comprising,
a first flexible band having a first end and a second end, an upper surface and a lower surface, and a length sufficient to encompass the body site at which an I.V. needle enters a patient; -
means for maintaining said first flexible band encompassing said body site with the upper surface generally exposed and said lower surface generally in contact with the skin of said patient; said first flexible band is a thin, gas permeable, hypoallergenic, soft cloth type material generally free of elastic properties selected to have a said upper surface to which adhesive tape will readily adhere and a said lower surface to be a skin contacting, adhesive free surface; said length of said first flexible band is sufficient to overlappingly encompass said body site; and said means for maintaining said first flexible band encompassing said body site comprises a hook and loop fastener; said hook and loop fastener being comprised of a first hook part and a second loop part; said first hook part being affixed to said first end of said first flexible band on said upper surface free of contact with said patient'"'"'s skin; and said second loop part being affixed to said second end of said first flexible band on said lower surface; and said hook and loop fastener providing the ability to adjust the flexible band for length and angle of application; wherein said lower surface of said first flexible band includes non-slip resilient foam pad surfaces to provide for non-rotation or slippage of said band; wherein said non-slip surfaces comprise skin contacting faces of a first and a second resilient pad affixed to said lower surface, said first and second pads comprising an open-cell, hypoallergenic, non-corrosive foam affixed to said lower surface; said first resilient pad being affixed to said first end of said first flexible band on said lower surface thereof; said second resilient pad being affixed to said lower surface a specifically selected distance from said first resilient pad; said distance being selected such that the portion of said first flexible band joining said first and said second resilient pad is pulled into a flush relationship with said patient'"'"'s skin when said first flexible band overlappingly encompasses said body site. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An anchor band for use in maintaining intravenous (I.V) needles and tubing in position on a patient, said anchor band being produced by the process of:
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selecting a flexible gas permeable, non-elastic, hypoallergenic material for use as a non-vessel-constricting band for encompassing the body site of a patient at which I.V. therapy is to be administered; said band being made of a soft cloth type material being thin and producing the result of a flush with the skin taping surface and to avoid elevation or deviation of the inserted I.V. needle; further selecting said material to be non-adhering to the skin of a patient but having a surface to which adhesive tape will readily adhere; forming a flexible band of said material, giving said band sufficient length to overlappingly encompass said body site at which an I.V. needle enters a patient'"'"'s blood vessel; providing said band with a non-slip surface for contacting the skin of a patient when said band generally encompasses said body site; selecting said non-slip surface to be skin contacting faces of a first and a second resilient pad to be affixed to said first, skin-contacting surface; affixing said first resilient pad to a first end of said first flexible band on said first, skin contacting surface thereof; affixing said second resilient pad to said first, skin-contacting surface a specifically selected distance from first resilient pad; and selecting said distance such that the portion of said flexible band joining said first and said second resilient pad is pulled into a flush relationship with said patient'"'"'s skin when said first flexible band overlappingly encompasses said body site. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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