Medical tube harness
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1. A medical tube harness adapted for use on a subject, the harness comprising:
- at least one of a belt shaped and sized to engage at least one of a subject'"'"'s waist and torso, a shoulder strap shaped and sized to engage the subject'"'"'s shoulder, and a leg garter shaped and sized to engage the subject'"'"'s leg;
at least one tube guide rotationally attached to at least one of the belt, the shoulder strap and the leg garter,wherein the tube guide is modularly moveable to a plurality of different attachment locations on the at least one of the belt, the shoulder strap and the leg garter, to accommodate a plurality of different orientations of a medical tube associated with and extending from the subject;
wherein the tube guide defines a concave groove capturing and redirecting the tube from a first direction to a second, different direction;
wherein the tube guide includes a tube lock that immovably secures the tube to the tube guide; and
wherein the tube guide includes a rotational element that enables the tube guide, with a tube loaded thereon, to rotate about an axis of rotation.
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Abstract
A medical tube harness that a subject wears to organize, orient and support medical tubes and reduce the potential for unintentional tugging, kinking, and/or dislodging of the tubes as they extend from a subject'"'"'s internal cavities, organs, orifices and/or anchor sites on the subject. The harness can improve patient comfort and safety, and can provide multiple locations for strategic tube placement.
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1. A medical tube harness adapted for use on a subject, the harness comprising:
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at least one of a belt shaped and sized to engage at least one of a subject'"'"'s waist and torso, a shoulder strap shaped and sized to engage the subject'"'"'s shoulder, and a leg garter shaped and sized to engage the subject'"'"'s leg; at least one tube guide rotationally attached to at least one of the belt, the shoulder strap and the leg garter, wherein the tube guide is modularly moveable to a plurality of different attachment locations on the at least one of the belt, the shoulder strap and the leg garter, to accommodate a plurality of different orientations of a medical tube associated with and extending from the subject; wherein the tube guide defines a concave groove capturing and redirecting the tube from a first direction to a second, different direction; wherein the tube guide includes a tube lock that immovably secures the tube to the tube guide; and wherein the tube guide includes a rotational element that enables the tube guide, with a tube loaded thereon, to rotate about an axis of rotation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A medical tube harness adapted for use on a subject, the harness comprising:
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a belt shaped and sized to fit around at least one of a subject'"'"'s waist and torso; a plurality of shoulder straps extending upwardly from the belt, the shoulder straps shaped and sized to engage the subject'"'"'s shoulders to thereby suspend the belt at least partially from the shoulders of the subject; a plurality of garters located below the belt, the garters shaped and sized to engage the subject'"'"'s legs to thereby at least one of prevent and impair the belt from riding up the at least one of the subject'"'"'s waist and torso; at least one mounting element joined with at least one of the belt, the suspenders and the garters; and at least one tube guide joined with the mounting element, wherein the tube guide is moveable to a plurality of different mounting elements located on the at least one of the belt, the shoulder straps and the garters, to accommodate a plurality of different orientations of at least one tube associated with the subject; wherein the tube guide defines a groove capturing and redirecting the tube from a first direction to a second, different direction, wherein the tube guide includes a tube lock that positions and immovably secures the tube to the tube guide, wherein the tube guide includes a rotational element that enables the tube guide, with a tube loaded thereon, to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein the mounting element releasably receives the tube guide so that the tube guide is manually detachable, without the use of tools, from the mounting element joined with the at least one of the belt, the shoulder straps and the garters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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