Patent ID: 9492638
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim Text:
1. An attachable implement for identifying migration of an elongate medical device that extends through the skin of a patient, comprising: an attachable implement body comprising a first coupling surface and a first skin contacting surface on a first portion and a second coupling surface and a second skin contacting surface on a second portion; said first and second portions configurable from an open configuration to a closed configuration; and a biasing member arranged to bias the first and second portions from the open configuration into the closed configuration; wherein said first and second coupling surfaces are arranged to couple to an outer surface of the elongate medical device; wherein said first and second skin contacting surfaces are arranged to contact the skin of the patient; wherein in said open configuration said attachable implement body is arranged to be mountable onto the elongate medical device from a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongate medical device and receive the elongate medical device between the first and second portions; wherein when said attachable implement body is mounted onto the elongate medical device the elongate medical device extends in a direction transverse to said first and second skin contacting surfaces; and wherein when in said closed configuration around the elongate medical device, said attachable implement body is configured to move with the elongate medical device from a first position where the first and second skin contacting surfaces are adjacent to the patient's skin to a second position where the first and second skin contacting surfaces are remote from the patient's skin, such that an operator may identify that the elongate medical device has migrated.