Abstract: A method and apparatus for protectively stabilizing and securing a intravenous device to a patient's body member. The method and apparatus comprise the use of a tubular sleeve made of stretchable fabric having two open ends. The intravenous device is attached to a patient's particular body member. The sleeve is stretched to encircle and elastically retain to the body member, and the sleeve has a plurality of spacings for ventilating the body member. The intravenous device is thereby secured between the sleeve fabric and the body member. The stretchable fabric is an elastic, soft, resilient material through which the body member is easily insertable while allowing the body member to easily and fully move therein.

Abstract: An anchor band is positionable about the limb or head of a patient undergoing an intravenous procedure. Hospital personnel may continue to use their standard practices of maintaining intravenous angiocatheter's and tubing in position by use of adhesive tape. The anchor band, however, acts as a buffer between the adhesive tape and the patients skin. Thereafter, normal hospital procedures which require the removal, reapplication, and, again, removal of adhesive tape, because of adjustments and accommodations to the intravenous angiocatheter and tubing, will cause no irritation or damage to the patient's skin since the adhesive will be applied and removed, and reapplied to the anchor band rather than directly to the person's skin. Non-slip pads are used to avoid rotation or slippage and are spaced on the underside of the band such that the portion of the band adjacent the I.V.

Abstract: Invasive apparatus such as IV tubes, Foley catheters, arterial sheaths, Swan Ganz catheters, nasogastric tubes, or wires of temporary pacemakers are held externally on the body proximate the invasion site by a wrapping unit that has a wrap encircling a portion of the body, a support on the wrap, a cradle in the support for receiving a portion of the invasive apparatus, and either a flap, hinged cover, or rotatable latch via which the apparatus is releaseably held in the cradle. Various embodiments are disclosed, including a multi-part support in which one support part is selectively positionable on another and/or separably mounted on the latter. Various forms for the separable mounting are also disclosed. A novel form of Foley catheter is also disclosed. Also disclosed is an adaptor for adapting a conventional invasive device to one that can be received in the cradle of the support of a wrapping unit. The wrapping units are used on various portions of the body.

Abstract: A medical implement and tubing organizer that allows medical implements to be held in a convenient location proximate to a patient and also allows the medical tubes to be organized and ordered according to size. The tubes are held in generally cylindrical lateral bores in the tubing holder. The holder is in detachable engagement with a substantially flat base portion. The base portion has a plurality of apertures adapted to receive and hold medical implements. The flat base portion also has a strap or the like to engage the rail or horizontal strut of a hospital bed. Thus, the entire unit is held in a fixed relationship with the patient for the convenience of the caregiver and the tube holding portion can be removed from the base, if desired, to facilitate turning or relocating the patient.

Abstract: A gastronomy tube holder arranged for ease of access and employment is provided to include a belt member arranged for torso mounting relative to an individual, having cooperative support and cover plate structure to secure in a sanitized convenient manner a gastronomy tube for subsequent use, with a slot directed through the support plate for access into the individual for use.

Abstract: A protective assembly for the arm and leg of a patient to prevent movement and/or displacement of a catheter and the intravenous tubing attached to said catheter by casual movement of the patient within the environment of a hospital room or the home or the like. The assembly comprises a bifurcated assembly defining a mouth communication with a cavity for encompassing a limb of a patient. The two halves of the assembly are hinged together and, when closed defining an opening communicating with the cavity to receive the intravenous tubing leading to a catheter implanted in the arm of the patient. A pair of clips positioned adjacent the opening serve to immobilize the part of the tubing from the clips to catheter when the patient moves the arm.

Abstract: This invention relates to a medical tubing retaining device and method to use the same. More particularly, it relates to a one piece flexible band containing members to form a sling. The sling is of sufficient length to retain coiled medical tubing when affixed to the band. This device is used to retain tubing from indwelling devices such as catheters.

Abstract: A retention device, particularly useful for drainage tubes and the like, having a pad for adhesive attachment to a patient's skin at the exit/entry site for a post-surgical drainage tube. The device includes a retainer body secured to the pad and provided with a strap to be looped and tightened about the drainage tube for immobilizing that tube. A passage in the body receives the free end of the strap and a latching mechanism prevents retraction of the strap unless a pair of side flanges of the body are squeezed towards each other to alter the configuration of the body's top wall and cause upward disengagement of a restraining pawl from the ratchet teeth of the strap. In one form of the invention, the strap is oriented horizontally and the passage is spaced well above the pad so that the horizontal plane of the passage substantially bisects the loop along its axis, thereby allowing portions of the loop to be located above and below the entrance to the passage.

Abstract: A securing tape for securement to a foreign body including an elongated tape having first and second sides, a base portion on the tape, adhesive on the first side of the tape for securing the base portion to a foreign body, a tab having a fixed end and a free end with the tab being formed by cutting it out of the tape while leaving the fixed end integrally attached to the base portion, an opening in the base portion being formed in the location from which the tab was cut of the tape, an outer end on the opening remote from the fixed end of the tab, a relocating arrangement for effectively relocating the free end of the tab and the outer end of the opening relative to each other to permit the free end of the tab to be secured relative to the base portion, and securing structure for securing the free end of the tab to the base portion.

Abstract: A neonatal ventilator circuit holder including a strap for securely holding a ventilator circuit in place on a mattress adjacent to an infant in order to retain the ventilator circuit in optimum relation to the mouth of an infant reclining on the mattress. The holder is in the form of an elongated strap of flexible fabric or similar material having the ends thereof secured to the frame of the infant bed by the use of readily attachable and detachable fastening structures preferably in the form of hook and loop pile fasteners available under the trademark "VELCRO".

Abstract: A needle assembly includes an elongate first cylindrical cavity having a first end and a second end, with the second end formed with a conical recess, the conical recess including a through-extending bore in communication with the recess directed into a second cavity, wherein reverse flow of fluid relative to the first cylindrical body is prevented from flow into the second cylindrical body and contamination of intravenous fluid directed into the assembly.

Abstract: A band for securing and aligning medical tubing relative a portion of a human body is disclosed including primary and secondary straps constructed of VELFOAM.RTM.. The primary strap includes a male VELCRO.RTM. portion fastened to the foam substrate of the VELFOAM.RTM. so that the primary strap can be adjustably fastened to itself about a portion of a human body. The secondary strap includes one or more male VELCRO.RTM. portions attached to the foam substrate of the VELFOAM.RTM.. The secondary strap attaches at its ends anywhere along the primary strap, trapping the medical tubing between its ends and the primary strap to secure the medical tubing in place.

Abstract: An endo-tracheal tube support apparatus is disclosed which includes a predetermined length of tubing having an oblong cross section and an aperture formed at a point along the length of tubing; and strap means positionable about the face and back of head of the patient, a portion of which is threaded through the length of tubing, for securing the tubing in the vicinity of the patient's nose or mouth, wherein a portion of the strap means protrudes through the aperture to form a loop for capturing the endo-tracheal tube. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the aperture is positioned in a rounded edge of the tube in the form of a semicircular notch. The loop portion includes a section of double sided sticky tape with a pull tab. When the tab is pulled, the sticky surface of the tape is exposed and is used to prevent the endo-tracheal tube from slipping.

Abstract: A protective cannula retaining device provides a medical accessory comprising an inflatable pad having an observation opening and a transparent strap positioned over the opening.

Abstract: A protective stabilizing sleeve for an intravenous needle inserted into a vein in a patient's arm for protecting the site of the needle and stabilizing the connecting tube includes an outer fabric layer arranged with an interior layer of porous gauze material with a non-stick surface. In one arrangement VELCRO strips are disposed at the proximal and distal ends of the sleeve for securement of the sleeve around the arm. In a related embodiment the VELCRO strips are disposed along a longitudinal seam joining the two seam edges together. In a still further and related embodiment, the sleeve design is reshaped into a partial glove so as to protect and stabilize the IV needle and tube when inserted into the hand.

Abstract: A premature baby elastic strip-like headband having expansion limiting structure with opposite ends of which one end has male hook-like multiple alternate attaching elements and of which a remaining opposite end has female loop-like attaching elements detachably securable to one-another at optionally alternate locations thereof, and having nasal cannulas oxygen tubes-securing structures positioned and mounted on the headband such that the nasal cannulas oxygen tubes are located on opposite side of a baby's head the headband is mounted thereof.

Abstract: A nasogastric tube anchor, and a method of its use employing a bridle which passes through the patient's nostrils and nasopharynx, the ends of the bridle being fastened to a nasogastric tube exterior to the patient's nose to anchor said tube against undesired movement relative to the patient's nostril. Installation tools and methods are provided for positioning said bridle within the patient's nose such that one end of the bridle extends from each nostril.

Abstract: This invention provides a cannulation device which is adapted for facilitating the location and venipuncture of a blood vessel with ease and precision. A carrier assembly supports a movable cubic block unit which contains an aligned combination of an ultrasonic probe and a cannula guide path means. The cubic block unit moves laterally within a defined space, whereby a blood vessel is located ultrasonically by by blood flow detection, and the guide path means assists venipuncture by a cannula.

Abstract: An anchor pad which has straps associated therewith for securing the pad to the arm, leg or the like of a patient. Attached to the top face of the pad are two latch arrangements for adjustable holding the tubing and needle sections of an intravenous apparatus in place. In one version of the invention, the pad's under face has adhesive applied thereto.

Abstract: Endotracheal tube clutch including a left half, a right half mounted about a living hinge, wings extending out from each half, a semi-circular large hole, small hole and bite block in each half, and a locking assembly for each half for engagement with respect to each other.

Abstract: A surgically implanted gastrostomy tube through which the wearer receives part or all of his required nourishment is an unnatural, awkward, inconvenient and damage-vulnerable appendage added to the human body that is approximately 10" to 16" long and 1/4" in diameter, is made of surgical rubber tubing, and protrudes and dangles from the stomach area of the wearer. This invention, the gastrostomy tube protector and hider, is a belt or girdle worn by a person with a gastrostomy tube, that incorporates a pocket with a method of closure in which said gastrostomy tube can be stored and protected.

Abstract: A clamp for holding an article to an object, including a base means for adhering the clamp to the object, a flap, securing means for securing the flap to the base means with the article positioned therebetween and resilient pad means having an adhesive surface for contacting the article. The securing means includes a first holding means for holding a first portion of the flap and a second hold means for holding a second portion of the flap. Both holding means may be releasable. The second holding means is spaced from the first holding means a sufficient distance along the flap for the article to lie between them. Resilient adhesive surfaces are provided on the flap and base means for contacting and adhering the article.

Abstract: A medical instrument holder, also referred to as a packaging clip, for supporting disposable medical instruments for cardiology and cardiovascular procedures. The medical instrument holder is a one-piece polymer molded member, including a frictionally engaged tube, in the holder for supporting a guidewire. The holder also includes at least one slot for a medical instrument in the form of a partial circle to prevent axial movement, and preferably two slots for frictionally engaging a dilator and a hemostasis valve introducer, or a needle and a tear-away sheath/dilator assembly. The holder can also include at least one hole for receiving a medical instrument. The one-piece molded member, including the frictionally engaged guidewire tube, provides for disposable packaging in a Tyvek/Mylar pouch which lends itself conveniently to ETO sterilization. The holder, along with its instruments, is compact and minimal in length because the guidewire is looped about itself.

Abstract: A composite catheter assembly for fixing, locating, inserting and accurately securing intravenous catheters having a needle thereon within body fluid conduits has an attachment plate with an elongated opening therein, a barrel having a bore extending inwardly from one open end of the barrel to define a transverse shoulder so that a passage or sized opening can be provided between the bore and the exterior of the barrel at the transverse shoulder end of the bore, a catheter assembly including, a carrier is slidably mounted in the bore of the barrel for movement of the needle on the catheter assembly from a retracted position in the barrel to an extended position into the body fluid conduit, and a retracting assembly is provided which includes, a spring that is compressed when the catheter assembly is moved from the retracted position to the extended position, and an operatively associated locking and latching assembly to hold and releasably lock the catheter assembly in the extended position and when actuated

Abstract: A securing device comprises a strap having a body with first and second ends, and a fastening system which may comprise a hook-and-loop type fastener. The strap includes first and second fastening strips extending from the body first and second ends. Each fastening strip includes a hook face forming a hook portion of the hook-and-loop fastening system and an adhesive face. The strap body includes an outer material layer forming the loop portion of the fastening system. A method of securing intravenous infusion equipment with the securing device of the present invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: A Composite Catheter Assembly for fixing, locating, inserting and accurately securing intravenous catheters having a needle thereon within body fluid conduits has an attachment plate with an elongated opening therein, a barrel member having a bore extending inwardly from one open end of the barrel to define a transverse shoulder so that a passage or sized opening can be provided between the bore and the exterior of the barrel at the transverse shoulder end of the bore, a catheter assembly is slidably mounted in the bore of the barrel member for movement of the needle on the catheter assembly from a retracted position in the barrel member to an extended position into the body fluid conduit, and a retracting assembly is provided which includes, a resilient member that is compressed when the catheter assembly is moved from the retracted position to the extended position, and an operatively associated locking and latching assembly to hold and releasably lock the catheter assembly in the extended position and when

Abstract: A retainer of pliable construction having a conical portion for insertion into a fistula or other body opening to provide a seal to prevent outward passage of fluids. An end segment of the retainer is cylindrical and has an annular edge which grips the tube outer wall surface to prevent tube slippage. An open internal area of the retainer permits lateral tube displacement. A modified retainer receives multiple tubes. The retainer is held in place by an adhesive equipped strip rotatably positionable for securement to the body. The strip may be apertured at its ends for reception of a belt.

Abstract: A fabric or paper belt or band, which may be disposable, and which is adapted to be fastened around the abdomen of a patient adjacent to the protruding end of a peritoneal dialysis catheter. The belt is equipped with an open-ended pouch into which the end of the catheter may be inserted and which serves completely to enclose and protect the end of the catheter and to prevent it from dangling.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for holding tubing, e.g., intravenous tubing, comprises a clamp housing, and at least one tubing clip secured to the housing and being capable of being opened and closed to accept and hold, respectively, a segment of hollow tubing without changing the cross-sectional shape of the segment of hollow tubing. A method for holding a segment of hollow tubing is also disclosed.

Abstract: A self-adjusting transcricothyroid catheter comprises a catheter attached near its proximal end to a fastener plate. The attachment means permits rotation/translation of the catheter relative to the fastener plate, rendering the catheter self-adjusting to movement of the neck. The fastener plate is adapted for topical placement adjacent the site of cricothyroid puncture and is held in place by attached strap means which encircle the neck and which optionally form a part of a cervical immobilization device. The minimized length of the catheter minimizes or eliminates kinking and/or knotting of the catheter during its insertion, and the ability of the catheter to self-adjust to movement minimizes trauma and bleeding during use.

Abstract: A continuous frame of resilient foam material is strapped to a patient with a central aperture of the frame surrounding the puncture area of an intravenous (IV) needle inserted into the patient. A separate dome with ventilation apertures is attachable over the central aperture of the frame to shield the needle. The IV tube is anchored to the frame at a plurality of different locations such that tension applied to the tube is not transmitted to the needle to dislodge it.

Abstract: A method tube holder and method for holding a trachael tube or the like in an intubated position in a patient are disclosed. The holder includes an elongated strip of resilient fabric having a porous or foam material bonded thereto. The strip includes an aperture at one end thereof which is adapted to fit over the portion of the medical tube that extends outside of the patient's mouth or nose so that the free or opposite end of the strip may be passed around the patient's head. An adhesive band is formed around the tube on the portion that extends outside of the patient and the free end of the elongated strip is adapted to be wrapped around the adhesive band and tube. A fastener such as a Velcro strip is also provided for fixing the free end of the elongated strip to an intermediate portion thereof along side of the patients's head.

Abstract: A medical tube securing device, for securing tubes such as gastrostomy tubes which project from a person's body, comprises an openable pouch having a hole in the back portion thereof. A tube is pulled through the hole in the pouch, the pouch is secured to the body of the user, and the pouch is closed, thereby enclosing therewithin the free portion of the tube. In this manner, the portion of the tube projecting from the user's body is neither suceptible to being pulled by the user's hands, nor likely to be engaged by objects around the user; hence, the incidence of accidental, premature removal of the tube is greatly reduced.In an alternate embodiment, fasteners are also provided to reduce the possibility of the tube sliding into the user's body.

Abstract: A tube construction and, specifically, a nasogastric tube construction is provided for patient treatment. An elongated generally flexible tube of a selected diameter permits insertion of one end of the tube into a body orifice, such as the nasal cavity, of the patient. The flexible tube is of a selected length to extend from the body orifice to a remote connection. A tube sheath covers a predetermined portion of the tube adjacent to the body orifice. The tube sheath has one end positioned adjacent the body orifice and is of sufficient length to extend from the body orifice to a position along the tube generally beyond the normal reach of the patient. Fastening straps affixed to the tube sheath anchor the tube sheath to the patient so that an end of the tube sheath is held in position adjacent the body orifice to prevent patient access to the tube covered by the sheath.

Abstract: An improved endotracheal tube is disclosed which provides for a more reliable and safer airway to a patient's lungs for the purpose of administering anesthesia, supplying oxygen and assisting a patient in breathing, and the like. The new and improved features of the tube make it easier for a health care professional to secure the tube to a patient's face, monitor its depth of insertion into the throat and assure its easy connection an disconnection from a medical or surgical apparatus. These improved features include flexible flanges molded to the tube, each of said flanges including a plurality of radially opposite slots to which adhesive tape is attached for securing said tube to a patient's face. The tube is also provided with colored rings, located between the upper and lower edges of each set of slots for monitoring the depth of insertion of the tube into the throat of a patient.

Abstract: A catheter introduction set for introducing a catheter tube into blood vessels such as veins and arteries, includes a hollow needle, a catheter tube surrounding a flexible safety guide tube extending through the needle passageway. The guide tube is initially retracted. The needle will be inserted into a vein or artery and the guide tube provides an immediate feedback of blood at its remote end, thus indicating the needle is inside a blood vessel. After the needle has pierced the blood vessel, the safety guide tube is advanced into the lumen of the blood vessel to provide a guide for sliding the catheter tube into the pierced vessel and permitting retraction of the needle. The capillary tube requires little blood pressure to provide the blood feedback indicating that a vessel has been pierced, which makes the unit suitable use in for small veins, as well as arteries. When the catheter tube has been guided into the vessel, the needle and the guide tube are withdrawn, leaving the catheter tube in place.

Abstract: A belt for use on patients having had a gastrostomy surgical procedure perfomed wherein a flexible entrance tube extends outwardly, via a stoma, from the patient's body. The belt includes a pocket into which extends the flexible tube so that any excretions emanating therefrom will be absorbed by the absorbent material of the pocket and may include anti-bacterial medicaments and/or odor neutralizing medicaments therein, fits comfortably around the patient's body and may be reused many times without deteriation.

Abstract: A plastic support frame for a paediatric naso-tracheal tube comprising a planar pad and an arm which projects from the pad with an adjustable length. The pad has two parallel channels of circular section which extend across the entire width of the pad. Three lateral channels extend between the channels and are located off-center across the width of the pad. The arm has two parallel limbs that are a snap fit in the channels, and a lateral cross piece that is either a snap fit in one of the lateral channels or extends along the rear edge of the pad. The arm has a flange at one end which receives a connector for the tube and has a lug that prevents rotation of the connector.

Abstract: Novel bundling devices and methods for their use are provided. These devices are useful for bundling elongate members such as electric wires, cables, tubes, etc., or for securing such members in a coiled form.These novel devices are characterized by being securely, semipermanently attached to a portion of an elongate member at one end of a flexible strap member. The flexible strap member includes means for the peel resistant attachment of a first portion of the strap member to a second portion of the strap member. The means of attachment will generally be in the form of VELCRO.RTM. or other hook and loop type tape.

Abstract: A medical tube holder is disclosed herein having a base supporting an adhesive strap for adherence to the facial area of a patient immediately adjacent the mouth. The base is provided with a central opening for receiving and holding an elongated tube or straw-like member inserted into the patient's mouth. An adjustable clamp releasably secures the tube or straw-like member in place on the holder. Various clamp constructions are employed such as a gate type, a C-clamp or a notched strap type.

Abstract: The support wrap system is designed to secure the intravenous tubing in a non-kinked loop in a protective manner at the injection site. The wrap is made up of a length of material of a length sufficient to surround the limb at the injection site and to additionally overlap itself to at least 15% of its length. The two ends of the captured intravenous tubing loop are first captured by two flaps of material having respective pluralities of resilient engaging elements for releasably securing the flaps, located at one end of the wrap. The length of material is then wrapped around the limb to overlap the end which has captured the IV loop and then to resecure the wrap to itself by a third fastener of resilient elements.

Abstract: A catheter retaining means and method for a surgically implanted catheter having an internal tubing portion received within the body and an external tubing portion with a free end extending from an exit site on the body. The retaining means comprises a band of flexible material for being received about the body and over the exit site of the implanted catheter for protecting the site of the body and securely retaining in position proximate to the body the external tubing portion as it extends from the exit site. The band has an opening and a pocket overlying the opening for receiving into the pocket through the opening at least a part of the external tubing portion and its free end for storage therein, the pocket allowing the removal therefrom of the free end and part of the external tubing portion of the catheter for placing it in use.

Abstract: A device for securing catheters to grafts and the like implanted in patients, primarily for use in connection with dialysis treatments is disclosed, including an anchoring bracelet for attachment to the patient at a predetermined location at which the graft is located, a rotatable saddle rotatably mounted on the anchoring bracelet, in which the saddle includes an aperture adapted to receive the catheter, a contact surface having a shape adapted to mate with the graft, and a saddle channel extending between the aperture and the contact surface, and stabilizing tabs for preventing removal of the rotatable saddle from the anchoring bracelet so that the catheter can be accurately located in the graft and firmly anchored on the patient.

Abstract: A bracelet adapted to secure an intravenous tube to the wrist of a medical patient is formed of a single elongated strip of flexible plastic material. One end of the strip tapers to a rounded point, with a plurality of ratchet teeth formed in the edges of the strip adjacent to the tapered portion. The opposite end is provided with an opening to receive the first end and to engage the ratchet teeth and form a loop of adjustable length, with a pair of lateral slots provided to retain the distal portion of the first end flush with the bracelet. The medial portion of the strip includes a plurality of pairs of longitudinally extending slots, each pair adapted to receive the intravenous tube therethrough, so that the tube may be secured by describing a retrocurved configuration through the bracelet slots.

Abstract: An endotracheal tube holder has a cord with a loop through which the endotracheal tube extends. A tube with slits surrounds the cord adjacent the loop to secure the endotracheal tube in the cord when the tube is placed in the mouth and throat of the patient. The remaining portions of the cord extend over the ears and under the chin of the patient. A lockable collar is positioned on the cord to tighten the cord under the chin so as to position and retain the endotracheal tube in the patient.

Abstract: A tube holder comprised of a foam strip which has apertures in the strip running the length of the strip at spaced intervals. The resilient nature of the foam facilitates holding a trachea or nasogastric tube sufficiently firmly in place when the strip is wrapped around the patient's head and two of the apertures are aligned so that the tube can be inserted through the apertures into a patient's body orifice. The apertures may be circular or slits. An alternative embodiment uses a similar foam material but has a single aperture at one end for inserting the tube through, with the other end of the strip wrapping around a person's head and being wrapped around the tube and fixed by Velcro or similar substances.

Abstract: A personal catheter leg strap (10) for the securement of any one of a plurality of differently sized catheter tubes (32) includes a first section (12) of a gauze type material and a second section (14) of elastic type material joined together at a junction (16) for wrapping about a limb. A Velcro-type strip (30) attaches the two free ends of the first and second portions together. A catheter tube securing strap (22) is attached at one end thereof to the junction (16) and has two portions (24) and (26), of which the portion (26) is narrower throughout its length. An orifice (28) is disposed in the broad portion (24) and is dimensioned such that the entire length of the narrow portion (26) is insertable therein. The securing strap (22) has a free end thereof wrapped around a catheter tube (32) one revolution and inserted through the orifice (28). Within the one revolution, protruding members (29) protrude inwardly into the exterior surface ( 36) of tube (32), firmly securing it to the strap (22).

Abstract: A portable catheter for use by females suffering from urinary incontinency. A short catheter is held in place extending a short distance into the urethra by means which permits the wearer substantially full freedom of movement. A relatively stiff shield is fastened to an undergarment in a manner holding the shield in position adjacent to the wearer's urethral and vaginal openings. A plug means is fastened to the shield in a manner permitting it to be inserted into the vagina to help hold the shield in position. The generally tubular catheter includes locking washer means riding in a slot in said shield allowing the spacing between the catheter and vaginal plug to be varied to accommodate varying physical dimensions. A drain plug extends from the external end of the catheter to drain urine to a conventional collection bag which may, for example, be secured to the user's leg.

Abstract: A waterproof fabric sleeve or cover for a human limb has a cuff which can be wrapped tightly around the limb. To the inside surface of the cuff is affixed a circumferentially elongated fitting of resilient material thicker at its mid-section than at its ends and having a transverse groove at its mid-section dimensioned to hold an intravenous feeding tube. The groove is open at its inside surface an amount less than its greatest diameter. The sleeve is positioned on the limb so that the intravenous tube fits into the groove and the cuff is wrapped tightly enough to seal it to the limb. The fitting is positioned with a margin of the cuff on each side and the cuff margins seal it to the limb when the intravenous tube is removed.

Abstract: The present invention entails an apparatus for receiving and holding a medical fluid infusion device of the type having a main patient feed line that directs fluid to and into a patient and which further includes a plurality of feeding pig tails that branch and extend from the main patient feed line. In order to maintain the pig tails in an orderly and untangled state, the apparatus of the present invention basically comprises a board type support structure that is provided with a series of spaced apart channels formed across the upper surface of the board and designed and adapted to receive and hold the respective pig tails and the main patient feed line.