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Implements for identifying sheath migration

  • US 9,492,638 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2013
  • Issued: 11/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An attachable implement for identifying migration of an elongate medical device that extends through the skin of a patient, comprising:

  • an attachable implement body comprising a first coupling surface and a first skin contacting surface on a first portion and a second coupling surface and a second skin contacting surface on a second portion;

    said first and second portions configurable from an open configuration to a closed configuration; and

    a biasing member arranged to bias the first and second portions from the open configuration into the closed configuration;

    wherein said first and second coupling surfaces are arranged to couple to an outer surface of the elongate medical device;

    wherein said first and second skin contacting surfaces are arranged to contact the skin of the patient;

    wherein in said open configuration said attachable implement body is arranged to be mountable onto the elongate medical device from a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongate medical device and receive the elongate medical device between the first and second portions;

    wherein when said attachable implement body is mounted onto the elongate medical device the elongate medical device extends in a direction transverse to said first and second skin contacting surfaces; and

    wherein when in said closed configuration around the elongate medical device, said attachable implement body is configured to move with the elongate medical device from a first position where the first and second skin contacting surfaces are adjacent to the patient'"'"'s skin to a second position where the first and second skin contacting surfaces are remote from the patient'"'"'s skin, such that an operator may identify that the elongate medical device has migrated.

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