Flexible IV site protector

• US 20060247577A1
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Venetec International Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Venetec International Incorporated (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Wright, Clifford A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,197,447 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/174
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0246 fixed on the skin having a cover for covering the holding means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0253 where the catheter is attached by straps, bands or the like secured by adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0273 having slits to place the pad around a catheter puncturing site
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

A venipuncture site protector that includes a securement and a cover mounted to said securement. The cover includes a proximal end having a front wall with a tube receiving slot. The cover also includes a distal end having an arch that forms an opening that lies on a vertical plane that is substantially perpendicular to the securement.

Claims

1. A venipuncture site protector comprising:

a securement;

a cover mounted to said securement, wherein a proximal end of said cover comprises a front wall with a tube receiving slot, and a distal end of said cover forms an arch;

an internal wall that divides said cover into a catheter receiving portion and a tube receiving portion, said internal wall having a tube access channel; and

wherein said tube receiving slot and said tube access channel are in substantial alignment with one another.

2. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the securement further comprises a tube receiving slot at one of its ends.

3. The venipuncture site protector of claim 2, wherein the tube receiving slot of the securement is in substantial alignment with the tube receiving slot of the cover and the tube access channel of the internal wall.

4. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a flexible material.

5. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein said cover includes a flange having a tube receiving slot that is in substantial alignment with the tube receiving slot of the cover and the tube access channel of the internal wall.

6. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein said catheter receiving portion forms a space that is substantially larger than a space formed by the tube receiving portion, said catheter receiving portion being dimensioned to receive therein an I.V. connected catheter.

7. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the tube receiving slot of the cover terminates in a tube-anchoring stop.

8. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the access channel of the internal wall terminates in a tube-anchoring stop.

9. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the arch is in the shape of a tudor arch.

10. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the arch is in the shape of a bell arch.

11. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the arch forms an opening that lies on a vertical plane that is substantially perpendicular to the securement.

12. The venipuncture site protector of claim 11, wherein the front wall is sloped at an angle relative to the arch.

13. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein the catheter receiving portion of the cover forms a vault having any one of a barrel shaped roof, semi-elliptical roof, or rectangular roof.

14. The venipuncture site protector of claim 13, wherein the roof of the vault is substantially parallel to the securement and substantially perpendicular to the arch.

15. The venipuncture site protector of claim 14, wherein the front wall is sloped at an angle relative to the roof of the vault.

16. The venipuncture site protector of claim 1, wherein a distance between a top of the arch and the securement is approximately fifteen millimeters.

17. A venipuncture site protector comprising:

a securement; and

a cover mounted to said securement, wherein a proximal end of said cover comprises a front wall with a tube receiving slot, and a distal end of said cover comprises an arch that forms an opening that lies on a vertical plane that is substantially perpendicular to the securement.

18. The venipuncture site protector of claim 17, wherein an internal wall separates the cover into a catheter receiving portion and a tube receiving portion.

19. The venipuncture site protector of claim 18, wherein the internal wall comprises an access channel that is in substantial alignment with the tube receiving slot of the front wall.

20. The venipuncture site protector of claim 19, wherein the securement further comprises a tube receiving slot at one of its ends.

21. The venipuncture site protector of claim 20, wherein the tube receiving slot of the securement is in substantial alignment with the tube receiving slot of the cover and the tube access channel of the internal wall.

22. The venipuncture site protector of claim 17, wherein the arch is in the shape of a tudor arch.

23. The venipuncture site protector of claim 17, wherein the arch is in the shape of a bell arch.

24. The venipuncture site protector of claim 17, wherein the arch forms an opening that lies on a vertical plane that is substantially perpendicular to the securement.

25. The venipuncture site protector of claim 17, wherein the front wall is sloped at an angle relative to the arch.

26. The venipuncture site protector of claim 18, wherein the catheter receiving portion of the cover forms a vault having any one of a barrel shaped roof, semi-elliptical roof, or rectangular roof.

27. The venipuncture site protector of claim 26, wherein the roof of the vault is substantially parallel to the securement and substantially perpendicular to the arch.

28. The venipuncture site protector of claim 26, wherein the front wall is sloped at an angle relative to the roof of the vault.

29. The venipuncture site protector of claim 17, wherein a distance between a top of the arch and the securement is approximately fifteen millimeters.