Patent Application
20220193335
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The disclosure relates to cuff devices and more particularly pertains to a new cuff device for inhibiting malfunction of an intravenous needle and associated tubing. The device includes a plurality of mating members for adjusting the size of the cuff to accommodate a variety of users.
The prior art relates to cuff devices including a variety of straps and sleeves that are positionable around a user's arm to restrain an intravenous needle. In each case the cuff devices are releasably attached to themselves to form a closed loop. The prior art discloses a unitary sleeve that is wearable over a user's arm to cover an injection site and which is comprise of a fluid impermeable material.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cuff that is wearable around a user's arm to cover an injection site of an intravenous needle. The cuff is comprised of a resiliently stretchable material to compress against the intravenous needle thereby inhibiting movement of the intravenous needle. A plurality of first mating members and a plurality of second mating members is each coupled to the cuff. Each of the second mating members is releasably matable to a respective one of the first mating members for adjusting dimensions of the cuff. A plurality of third mating members and a plurality of fourth mating members is each coupled to the cuff. Each of the fourth mating members is releasably matable to a respective one of the third mating members for adjusting dimensions of the cuff.
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
A plurality of second mating members 30 is each coupled to the cuff 12 and each of the second mating members 30 is strategically positioned with respect to the plurality of first mating members 28. Each of the second mating members 30 is releasably matable to a respective one of the first mating members 28 for adjusting dimensions of the cuff 12 to accommodate a variety of sizes of user's arms 14. Each of the second mating members 30 is positioned on the outside surface 22 of the cuff 12 and each of the second mating members 30 is aligned with a respective one of the first mating members 28. Additionally, each of the second mating members 30 is positioned between the respective first mating member 28 and a centerline of the cuff 12. Each of the first mating members 28 and each of the second mating members 30 may comprise complementary portions of a hook and loop fastener, a complementary mechanical fasteners or any other means of multiple use, releasable coupling. As is most clearly shown in
A plurality of third mating members 33 is each coupled to the cuff 12 and each of the third mating members 33 is positioned on the outside surface 22 of the cuff 12. Each of the third mating members 33 extends substantially between the front edge 24 and the back edge 26 of the cuff 12. Additionally, the third mating members 33 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the cuff 12. A plurality of fourth mating members 34 is each coupled to the cuff 12 and each of the fourth mating members 34 is strategically positioned with respect to the third mating members 33. Each of the fourth mating members 34 is releasably matable to a respective one of the third mating members 33 for adjusting dimensions of the cuff 12. In this way the cuff 12 can accommodate a variety of sizes of user's arms 14.
Each of the fourth mating members 34 is positioned on the outside surface 22 of the cuff 12 and each of the fourth mating members 34 extends substantially between the front edge 24 and the back edge 26 of the cuff 12. The fourth mating members 34 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the cuff 12, and each of the fourth mating members 34 is spaced from the respective third mating member 32. Each of the third mating members 33 and the fourth mating members 34 may comprise complementary portions of a hook and loop fastener or other type of multiple use, releasable fastener. Additionally, as is most clearly shown in
A pad 38 is provided and the pad 38 is positionable between the cuff 12 and the injection site 16. The pad 38 is comprised of a fluid absorbent material to absorb fluids that leak from the injection site 16. The inside surface 20 of the cuff 12 compresses the pad 38 against the user's arm 14 when the cuff 12 and the pad 38 are worn. The pad 38 may be provided in sterile packaging thereby facilitating the pad 38 to be safely placed over the intravenous needle 18. The fluid absorbent material may be cotton, a fluid absorbing gel or any other material that is soft to the touch and which can absorb bodily fluids.
In use, the pad 38 is positioned over the injection site 16 and the cuff 12 is slipped over the user's arm 14 until the cuff 12 covers the injection site 16. In this way the pad 38 is retained in place to absorb bodily fluids and the cuff 12 restrains the intravenous needle 18 and associated tubing 40. Thus, the user can move their arm 14 without the fear of dislodging the intravenous needle 18 or kinking the associated tubing 40. In this way a monitoring device, such as is commonly employed in a hospital setting, will not begin emitting a warning beep that is caused by a malfunction in the intravenous needle 18. Thus, caregivers in the hospital setting do not waste time attending to false alarm 14s with respect to kinked tubing or dislodging of intravenous needles that result from normal movement of the user.
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 element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
