Thoracic catheter protector harness
First Claim
1. Thoracic catheter protector harness apparatus for affixing an exposed segment of a catheter implanted in the body of a patient and comprising:
- an elongated fabric belt for encircling said body and covering a catheter implant site, configured with a medial portion having on one side a pocket portion disposed to, when said harness is fastened about said body, face said body and further having first and second opposite ends;
first and second releasable attachment devices on the respective said first and second ends for releasably attaching together;
a flap mounted from said medial portion and having a continuous, unperforated wall and configured to fold upwardly and underneath said interior pocket portion of said medial portion to cooperate therewith in forming a compartment for receipt of said exposed segment, said compartment being disposed between said medial portion and said body;
said compartment being further formed with at least one tube securement fastener disposed about at least one peripheral edge of said flap, said tube fastener being adapted to slidably engage a portion of said exposed segment when said flap is folded over said medial portion,first and second releasable fasteners mounted on said medial portion and on said free end of said medial portion, respectively; and
a stabilizing strap device projecting laterally from said belt to, when said apparatus is applied to said body pass in flanking relationship past a body extremity to, upon the application of rotary forces to said belt, engage said extremity and resist rotary movement of said belt about said body.
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Abstract
The invention is a catheter protector harness apparatus. The protective apparatus as worn by an adult, child or infant has a belt that encircles the body from the chest to the back by passing under the arms and which has at least one strap passing over a shoulder. The harness belt and strap are secured behind the back out of reach, if desired, and the catheter is enclosed in a pocket mounted upon the front of the harness belt and formed by folding a flap which depends from the front portion of the harness belt and which is folded about an imaginary hinge-line extending along the front middle portion of the belt to which the flap is attached and which rests against the chest of the patient'"'"'s body.
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1. Thoracic catheter protector harness apparatus for affixing an exposed segment of a catheter implanted in the body of a patient and comprising:
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an elongated fabric belt for encircling said body and covering a catheter implant site, configured with a medial portion having on one side a pocket portion disposed to, when said harness is fastened about said body, face said body and further having first and second opposite ends; first and second releasable attachment devices on the respective said first and second ends for releasably attaching together; a flap mounted from said medial portion and having a continuous, unperforated wall and configured to fold upwardly and underneath said interior pocket portion of said medial portion to cooperate therewith in forming a compartment for receipt of said exposed segment, said compartment being disposed between said medial portion and said body; said compartment being further formed with at least one tube securement fastener disposed about at least one peripheral edge of said flap, said tube fastener being adapted to slidably engage a portion of said exposed segment when said flap is folded over said medial portion, first and second releasable fasteners mounted on said medial portion and on said free end of said medial portion, respectively; and a stabilizing strap device projecting laterally from said belt to, when said apparatus is applied to said body pass in flanking relationship past a body extremity to, upon the application of rotary forces to said belt, engage said extremity and resist rotary movement of said belt about said body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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