Offset catheter securement device

摘要

A catheter securement device adapted to be adhesively mounted to the skin of a patient to secure a catheter in place, the device having a flexible, thin, sheet-like base member with a distal edge and a midportion, and a releasable, flexible, thin, sheet-like retention member comprising a fixed end, a releasable end, a and a distal edge, wherein the distal edge of the retention member is offset from the distal edge of the base member to define an uplift focus area in the midportion of the base member, such that upward pull on the catheter is transferred to the midportion of the base member to preclude the base member from being peeled from the patient's skin.

主权项

1. A catheter securement device adapted to be adhesively mounted to the skin of a patient to secure a catheter comprising a distal tube member, said device comprising:
a flexible, thin, sheet-like base member comprising a proximal edge, a distal edge and a midportion located between said proximal edge and said distal edge of the base member; a releasable, flexible, thin, sheet-like retention member comprising a fixed end, a releasable end, a proximal edge and a distal edge, said fixed end attached to said base member and said releasable end releasably attached to said base member, said retention member substantially parallel to said base member when said releasable end is attached to said base member; said distal edge of the retention member located adjacent to the midportion of the base member when the releasable end is attached to said base member; wherein said distal edge of said retention member is laterally offset from said distal edge of said base member; and wherein said retention member is configured to form an uplift focus area located at said midportion of the base member when upward force is applied to said distal tube member such that said base member tents up when the upward force is applied to the distal tube member.