Abstract: An arm band for stabilizing an intravenous needle inserted into a patient's vein. The arm band is provided with a hole in the body thereof, spaced from a side edge of the band. The hole is dimensioned to surround the needle. The band is further formed with a slit from a side edge thereof to the hole, to provide opposing flaps which open to permit passage over the tube part of the inserted intravenous needle. A strip is secured at one end thereof to the band on one side of the slit. The free end of the strip is extended over the slit, causing the edge of the hole to surround the needle. The free end of the strip is provided with means to secure it to the band on the other side of the slit, thereby obtaining the stabilization of the intravenous needle.

Abstract: A shunt for attachment between an artery and a vein being harvested for use in an arterial bypass including an elongated tube, a first end on the elongated tube for insertion into a femoral artery, a second end on the elongated tube for insertion into the distal portion of a saphenous vein to thereby maintain communication between the artery and the vein even though normal blood flow to the vein is disrupted, a stopcock between the first and second ends, a second elongated tube coupled to the stopcock for selectively receiving blood from the elongated tube to irrigate the external portion of the vein being harvested, and a detachable connection at the second end of the elongated tube for selectively permitting detachment of the second end of the elongated tube from the remainder of the elongated tube during vein harvesting.

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, and an adjustable saddle adjustably 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, so that the catheter projects a predetermined distance from the contact surface when it has been inserted into the aperture, thereby permitting the catheter to be accurately located in the graft and firmly anchored on the patient. Such catheter devices including a catheter with a needle portion and a tubular catheter conduit for delivery of or removal of body fluids to the catheter is also disclosed.

Abstract: A garment is provided for holding, storing, supporting, and receiving certain indwelling catheters, e.g., a Hickman catheter or similar device to a patient's body. The garment is generally comprised of three elements including straps to hold said garment securely to patient's body and a pocket element within which to store said catheter. Fastening means are provided to connect the elements, said means being of various types. The garment is made of various types of material including disposable or throw away material.

Abstract: A catheter tube holder (10) includes a first section (12) of a gauze type material and a second section (14) of elastic type material joined together at a seam (16) for wrapping about a limb. A Velcro-type strip (30) attaches the two free ends together. A securing strap (22) is attached at one end thereof to the seam (16) and has two portions (24) and (26), of which the portion (26) is narrower. An orifice (28) is disposed in the broad portion (24) and is dimensioned such that the narrow portion (26) is insertable therein. The securing strap (22) has a free end thereof wrapped about a catheter tube (32) and inserted through the orifice (28) after wrapping about the tube (32) one revolution. The strap (22) is then wrapped an additional one-half revolution about the catheter tube (32) and attached to the surface (20) with a Velcro-type fastener.

Abstract: A separable fastening device is disclosed to support a medical device such as a catheter tube or the like to a limb of a patient. The device includes a first and a second strap member. The first strap member includes a flexible first strap section formed of a knitted textile material having upstanding from one surface a plurality of multifilamentary loop-like elements and a polyurethane foam substrate secured to the opposite surface. The first strap member also includes a second strap section which is formed of a flexible tape member having upstanding from one surface a plurality of hook-like elements which matingly engage with the upstanding filamentary loop-like elements of the first section so as to be attachable thereto at the respective end portions to form a complete flexible first strap member. The second strap member includes a third strap section formed of a flexible tape member having an adhesive coating on one surface and a plurality of hook-like engaging elements on the opposite surface.

Abstract: A very lightweight intravenous filter retainer assembly, weighing only in the order of two grams, includes a formed medically inert plastic sheet element, Velcro tabs mounted on the side edges of this formed plastic sheet member and a foam strip for extending around the arm and engaging the Velcro tabs. The standard type of intravenous filter is an elongated generally rectangular element with one flat side and the other side having a central raised passageway and a pair of transverse grooves. The filter retainer assembly includes the formed plastic sheet material contoured to include a recess which extends over the back of the filter and further includes a pair of ridges to engage the recesses on the filter. In addition, the outer sides or edges of the plastic sheet element may be provided with longitudinally extending grooves to hold the intravenous tubing in a desired location relative to the patient's limb.

Abstract: An elongated aspirating needle guide made of flexible plastic such as polypropylene and an elongated flexible aspirating needle having a medial plastic tubular portion made of PVC and terminating at ends with metallic needle portions. The guide has a base portion and an upper portion and has an elongated opening through the upper portion which receives the elongated aspirating needle. The opening in the elongated guide terminates short of the distal end of the guide. The base portion of the guide is wider than the upper portion and the base portion also extends distally from the upper portion. The distal end of the base portion is adapted to overlie the inner surface of the operator's finger adjacent the distal end of the finger of the operator who will utilize the device so that the flexible base portion protects the inner surface of the finger while being sufficiently thin enough to allow tactile palpation to be conducted through the distal end of the base portion.

Abstract: An endotracheal tube holder comprised of a strip of Velcro-type material carrying a dense array of hooks and a pressure sensitive adhesive on its back for attaching the strip to the endotracheal tube, and a band of soft material having loops for engaging the hooks to hold the tube by the strip and which is adapted to encircle the head of the patient. The ends of the band also carry Velcro-type strips with hooks which are adapted to engage the band to releasably secure it in place on the head.

Abstract: An endotracheal tube holder which is particularly suitable for use during medical emergency situations. The holder comprises a pair of identical curved, plate-like hooking members and an interconnecting attachment band which encircles the patient's face and neck. Each of the hooking members has a dogleg opening for receiving and engaging the endotracheal tube when the hooking members are overlapped in position over the patient's mouth. The attachment band has segments of bristly fastening material of the type commercially available under the Velcro trademark which enable adjustment of its length to accommodate patient's of various sizes.

Abstract: An interoral tube securing device which attaches to human teeth.

Abstract: A holder is disclosed herein for releasably retaining a conventional syringe in place on the body of a person undergoing medical treatment which includes a flat base having at least two outwardly extending pairs of support members arranged in fixed, parallel spaced apart relationship on opposite ends of the base. A selected one of the support members is provided with a shaped recess for insertably receiving the syringe in conformed relationship and a snap-lock slot arrangement is formed in the selected support member adjacent the recess for releasably retaining the syringe in place. Retainers are operably carried on the holder base for supporting and retaining the tubing used to introduce fluids to the syringe. Hook and pile fastening arrangements are cooperatively disposed on the base for detachably coupling the holder to a limb or other body part of the person. The term syringe includes needles, gravity flow needles, straight intravenous applicator needles, plunger-type syringes or the like.

Abstract: A simple, one piece medical tube retaining device. The device is particularly adapted for retaining a nasal tube in position on the face of the user and including a flexible strap with a first clamp means positioned beneath the nose of the user for clamping the tube and preventing undesired movement of the tube while accommodating required movement, and second clamp means near one end of the strap means to hold said tube in position, the clamp means being constructed to facilitate insertion and removal of the tube.

Abstract: A device and a method for feeding a patient intravenously in a manner that reduces the potential for interruption of the intravenous therapy. The device includes an adjustable strap with fastening means for loosely securing the strap around a patient's limb. The encircling length of the strap is adjusted such that the strap is permitted to move longitudinally along the limb where the natural contours of the limb prevent removal of the strap from the limb, and the natural contours preferably stop the longitudinal movement of the strap short of an intended infusion site on the limb. An intravenous feeding tube is affixed to the strap at a location intermediate the ends of the tube, the segment of tubing between the strap and the catheter end of the tube having sufficient slack such that the longitudinal movement of the strap away from the infusion site will be stopped by the contours of the patient's limb before all of the slack is used.

Abstract: An intravenous catheter and anchoring set comprising a catheter assembly having an I.V. catheter having one end inserted into the limb of a patient and a flexible tube attached to the other end of the catheter, a flexible anchor base, the base having notches therein forming adjustable bands extendible around a limb, attachment means attaching the bands together and skin-anchor adhesive means on the inner side of the base and capable of holding the base to the skin while the bands are being adjustably secured in place.

Abstract: A band for securing a catheter or similar device to a limb of a human comprising a stretchable primary strap adapted to encircle a limb. A part of the strap is made of a soft looped fabric and the strap also carries a male Velcro-type fastening material which cooperates with the looped fabric to enable the strap to be secured in place about the limb. A secondary strap made of a flexible material is secured, hooks up, intermediate its ends to the central portion of the primary strap on the looped fabric. The secondary strap is made of a male Velcro-type fastening material, and each end of the secondary strap is designed to be looped over and encircle the catheter or similar device and attach to the looped fabric to hold the catheter or similar device securely in place on the limb.

Abstract: The present invention provides ambulatory support means for use in combination with an intravenous delivery system. The intravenous delivery system typically includes a container for containing a particular solution for delivery into the circulatory system of a patient and a delivering apparatus for delivering the particular solution into the circulatory system of the patient. The intravenous system may include a driving apparatus, such as gravity or a pump, for providing the energy which is required to drive the particular solution from the container through the delivering apparatus into the circulatory system of the patient. In one form of the invention an ambulatory vest includes a back panel and a pair of front panels, the supporting apparatus including a pole and a device for attaching the pole to the vest and device for coupling the bottle of the intravenous system to the pole.

Abstract: A securing device for securing endotracheal tubes to a person, and for securing similar tubes extending from body cavities, is formed of a noose in a thin-walled elastomeric tubing by means of the passage of ends of the tubing through a ring of a thick-walled tubular section. Friction between the foregoing elements and between the noose and the tube secure the device to the tube. Free ends of the tubing are passed around the body of the person to be tied or secured by means of a clamp inserted into one end of the tubing.

Abstract: A catheter securing device embodies a supporting pad-like member having a first flexible strap extending laterally therefrom to encircle a leg of a person. Cooperating fastener members are carried by facing surfaces of the strap when encircling the leg to detachably connect the pad-like member about the leg. An elongated resilient gripping member is carried by the pad-like member in position to at least partially encircle the catheter tube and restrain movement thereof relative to the pad-like member. A second flexible strap is carried by the pad-like member adjacent one side of the gripping member and is adapted to extend over the gripping member and engage a retainer element carried by the pad-like member adjacent the other side of the gripping member. Connector elements carried by the second strap engage adjacent fastener members carried by the first flexible strap to retain the catheter within the gripping member.

Abstract: A tube holder includes a clamp formed by a clamp base and a wrap-around strap. The strap is fixed at one end to the base and, after wrapping around the tube, is locked to the clamp base at a point along its length in a double locking system.