Adhesive patient-contact strip for intravenous catheter anchoring devices

- Nexus Medical, LLC
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an adhesive patient-contact strip for intravenous catheter anchoring devices embodying our design, with the strip being shown in use with an intravenous site securement device and catheter for environmental purposes only, and the device and catheter consequently being shown in broken lines and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the adhesive patient-contact strip similar to FIG. 1, but with the site securement device and catheter being removed;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the adhesive patient-contact strip depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the adhesive patient-contact strip depicted in FIGS. 1–3, with the opposite side elevation being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is an end elevation view of the adhesive patient-contact strip depicted in FIGS. 1–4, with the opposite end elevation being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the adhesive patient-contact strip similar to that of FIG. 1, but illustrating the strip in use with a catheter tubing collector, and the tubing collector consequently being shown in broken lines and forming no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an adhesive patient-contact strip for intravenous catheter anchoring devices, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D547862
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 6, 2006
Date of Patent: Jul 31, 2007
Assignee: Nexus Medical, LLC (Lenexa, KS)
Inventors: W. Cary Dikeman (Lenexa, KS), Chris Winsor (Olathe, KS), Steve A. Cash (Overland Park, KS), Larry C. Smith (Shawnee, KS)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Eric L Goodman
Attorney: Hovey Williams LLP
Application Number: 29/253,412
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