Securing device for catheter placement assembly

• US 4,129,128 A
• Filed: 02/23/1977
• Issued: 12/12/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TAUT Incorporated 2571 Kaneville Road Geneva County Kane Illinois
• Original Assignee: Richard H. McFarlane
• Inventors: McFarlane, Richard H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Application Number:
  US05/771,187
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 128/214 R, 128/214.4, 128/221, 128/133, 128/DIG. 26
• US Class Current: 604/180
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0266 using pads, patches, tapes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/26 Cannula supporters

Abstract

A securing device for a catheter placement assembly comprising a pair of oppositely-extending wings connected together by an upstanding portion with an axial through hole along a line of symmetry between the wings and said through hole being adapted to be positioned over a catheter in position so that tape may be applied to the wings to hold the catheter placement assembly in position.

Claims

1. A securing device for a catheter placement assembly wherein said assembly defines a flow through passageway and includes:

a flexible catheter having a pointed distal end which in use extends through a skin puncture site into the vein of a patient after a rigid needle has been withdrawn from the assembly and wherein the catheter includes a proximal end exteriorly of the site adjacent the puncture;

a catheter body having a proximal supply end including a fitting adapted to be connected to a supply tube and a distal end zone connected to the proximal catheter end at a zone of juncture;

a pair of oppositely facing ears extending from the body adjacent the zone of juncture, each of said ears and said zone of juncture being of a common predetermined size and shape;

said securing device comprising a molded body of relatively thin, plastic material of inverted cup-shaped form having a top surface and a depending skirt with a terminal edge spaced from the top surface, said body defining a socket bounded by a proximal and distal portion, each with a cut-out and spaced side portions connecting the proximal and distal portion, and said socket being sized and configured to nestle in mating relation over and above the ears with the distal end zone of the body extending axially through the cut-outs,

said securing device comprising wings extending laterally from the terminal edge of each of said side skirt portion and each of said wings including;

a proximal and distally-extending diverging portion having a smooth upper surface, said wing being adapted to overlay the skin of a patient to provide an anchoring surface outboard of the axial centerline of the assembly and puncture site to secure the assembly in position on the skin of a patient by strips of tape extending parallel to the assembly and over the smooth upper surface extending axially and distally therefrom.

2. The device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said securing device is of one piece molded polyethylene.

5. The device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said top surface comprises a hinge means and said cut-outs are adapted to be opened and closed to receive and release the ears from the socket, said top surface comprising a hinge means having an axially-extending axis for flexing movement of the side portions of said skirt.

3. The device as set forth in claim 6 wherein the axial distance between the distal and proximal ends of the diverging portions of the wings are about one and one-quarter inches.

4. The device as set forth in claim 3 wherein the thickness of said wings is about 0.020 inch.