Patent ID: 9669190
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61L,A61M

Claim:
1. A cuff, comprising: a cuff body arranged to be slidable along a portion of a catheter shaft when the cuff body is positioned around the catheter shaft of a catheter having a distal tip; a pivotable portion pivotably associated with said cuff body and arranged to pivot from a first position remote from the catheter shaft to a second position proximate to the catheter shaft when the cuff body is positioned around the catheter shaft; and an adhesive positioned on a first side of said pivotable portion and arranged to adhere said pivotable portion to the catheter shaft when said pivotable portion is in said second position; wherein the pivotable portion has a second side opposite said first side; wherein when said cuff body is positioned around the catheter shaft in said first position, said second side of the pivotable portion faces said catheter shaft and said first side faces away from said catheter shaft; and wherein when said cuff body is positioned around the catheter shaft in the said second position, said second side of the pivotable portion faces away from said catheter shaft and said first side faces said catheter shaft.