Patent Application
20220062589
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The disclosure relates to stabilizing devices and more particularly pertains to a new stabilizing device for stabilizing a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis catheter.
The prior art relates to stabilizing devices, and more particularly to stabilizing devices intended for stabilization of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis catheters. Prior art stabilizing devices may comprise belts or straps that encircle the abdomen, vests or harnesses positionable over the abdomen, and adhesively attached pads having clamping devices attached thereto.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pad having an adhesive engaged to a first face thereof. The adhesive is configured to adhesively engage the pad to abdominal skin of a user so that the pad is engaged to an abdomen of the user. A connector is engaged to a second face of the pad and is configured to selectively connect to a tube of a catheter. The connector is configured to stabilize the catheter in a selected position.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The pad 12 has an adhesive 18 engaged to a first face 20 thereof. The adhesive 18 is configured to adhesively engage the pad 12 to abdominal skin of a user so that the pad 12 is engaged to an abdomen of the user, as shown in
A sheet 22 is removably engaged to the adhesive 18. The sheet 22 is positioned to prevent inadvertent adhesion of the adhesive 18. The sheet 22 is configured for removal from the adhesive 18, positioning the adhesive 18 to adhesively engage the pad 12 to the abdominal skin of the user.
A connector 24 is engaged to a second face 26 of the pad 12 and is configured to selectively connect to a tube 28 of a catheter 30, more particularly to a tube 28 of a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) catheter 30. The connector 24 is configured to stabilize the catheter 30 in a selected position.
The connector 24 comprises a first element 32 and a second element 34 of a hook and loop fastener 36. The first element 32 is engaged to the second face 26 of the pad 12 and extends from proximate to a bottom 38 to proximate to a top 40 of the pad 12. The second element 34 is engaged to the pad 12 proximate to the top 40 and extends therefrom. The second element 34 is configured to be positioned over the tube 28 of a catheter 30 that is positioned upon the first element 32. The second element 34 is positioned to engage the first element 32 so that the hook and loop fastener 36 is configured to stabilize the catheter 30 in the selected position.
The connector 24 is one of a pair of connectors 24, with each connector 24 being positioned proximate to an inner limit 42 of an associated cutout 14. Each connector 24 is configured to selectively connect to a respective site 44 along the tube 28 of the catheter 30 so that the tube 28 extends loopedly across the second face 26 of the pad 12, as shown in
In use, the sheet 22 is pealed from the adhesive 18 and the pad 12 is adhesively engaged to the abdomen of the user. The hook and loop fasteners 36 are utilized to stabilize the tube 28 of the catheter 30 in the desired position. Use of the device 10 is anticipated to reduce use of improvised measures to stabilize catheters 30, such as taping the tube 28 of the catheter 30 to the user, which can damage both the skin of the user and the tube 28. The device 10 effectively stabilizes the catheter 30, reducing a probability of the catheter 30 becoming dislodged or migrating to another position, which can cause contamination of the catheter 30.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
