Patent ID: 6827707
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A shielding device for an I.V. connected catheter, comprising:a securement having a tube receiving slot at one of its ends; a dome mounted to said securement, said dome having a rear wall and a front wall, said front wall having another tube receiving slot wherein said slot terminates at its upper boundary limit in a tube-anchoring stop; an internal wall disposed between said rear wall and said front wall for dividing said dome into a catheter receiving space and a tube receiving space, said internal wall having a tube access channel wherein said access channel terminates at its upper boundary limit in another tube anchoring stop; and said tube receiving slot, said another tube receiving slot and said tube access channel being in substantial alignment with one another to facilitate receiving and securing an I.V. tube within both said tube anchoring stop and said another tube anchoring stop as a proximal end portion of the I.V. connected catheter is wedged against said internal wall in friction tight engagement within said catheter receiving space.