Patent ID: 11896784
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F  H | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A securement device for attaching a tubular medical article to a patient comprising:
an anchor pad attachable to the patient;
a base on the anchor pad for receiving the tubular medical article, and
a cap mountable on the base at a mounting defined between the base and the cap, the cap being rotatable on the base between a tubular medical article receiving position and a tubular medical article gripping position and comprising a slot for receiving the tubular medical article in the tubular medical article receiving position and gripping the tubular medical article in the tubular medical article gripping position
wherein the slot comprises first and second oppositely disposed substantially helical slot portions in a sidewall of the cap,
wherein each of the helical slot portions comprise an upright slot element and a helical slot element contiguous with the upright slot element in the sidewall,
wherein the upright slot elements are connected by a transverse slot element, and wherein the helical slot elements taper inwardly continuously towards a slot end in the sidewall.