Patent ID: 9675750
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61M,B65H

Claim:
1. A method of adjusting an unstored length of tube to transfer a fluid into a living body, the method comprising the steps of: providing a tube capable of connecting a fluid source to the living body; providing a user-wearable tube length adjuster, the adjuster including a storage module having an inner hub sandwiched by a first exterior disc and a second exterior disc, the first exterior disc and the second exterior disc each having an exterior surface formed on a side opposite the inner hub, each exterior surface extending over substantially the entire side of the respective first exterior disc and second exterior disc, at least one of the exterior surfaces having a trough-shaped notch formed therein, the trough-shaped notch formed in said at least one exterior surface and traversing the entire at least one exterior surface by extending from a first point on a circumference of the respective exterior disc to a second point on the circumference of the respective exterior disc, the trough-shaped notch configured to contain at least a first portion of a length of tube, the storage module configured wherein the tube may be wrapped about the hub between the first exterior disc and the second exterior disc; removably attaching the tube to the adjuster by wrapping the tube about the hub and by accommodating the first portion of the length of tube within the trough-shaped notch; and storing a portion of the tube on the storage module to adjust the unstored length of tube.