Title:
MEDICAL LINE SECUREMENT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003092781
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A medical line securement device (100) holds a medical article such as a connector fitting for a catheter or a catheter adaptor in position upon the body of a patient and inhibits axial motion of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer (120) with a base (130) and a cover (140). The cover is hinged to the base such that it may be moved between an open and closed position. The base and cover each have a groove (210, 230) which cooperate when the cover is in the closed position to form a channel (250) through the retainer. The medical article includes an elongated body which is received within the groove of the retainer, the elongated body lying between at least a pair of regions of larger radius of the medical article. By receiving the portion of the elongated body of the medical article between the regions of larger radius, axial motion of the medical article through the groove is inhibited. The retainer may also include one or more slots to receive any radial projections of the medical article within the retainer.
Inventors:
BIERMAN STEVEN F
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/013803
Publication Date:
June 24, 2004
Filing Date:
May 01, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VENETEC INT INC (US)
International Classes:
A61M25/02; A61M25/18; A61M39/00; (IPC1-7): A61M25/02
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1999055409A1 | 1999-11-04 |
Foreign References:
| US6213979B1 | 2001-04-10 | |||
| US5916199A | 1999-06-29 | |||
| EP0567029A1 | 1993-10-27 | |||
| US4224937A | 1980-09-30 | |||
| US5810781A | 1998-09-22 |
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