Patent ID: 7887515
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A securement device for attaching a medical article to a patient, the medical article having a generally elongated body and a side member that projects away from the body, the securement device comprising: a retainer having a first channel portion and a second channel portion, the channel portions being disposed about a longitudinal axis of the retainer and having a length measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the retainer, the retainer directly contacting the medical article along at least a substantial portion of the longitudinal lengths of the first and second channel portions, each channel portion curving about the longitudinal axis of the retainer by greater than 180°, the first channel portion being spaced from the second channel portion, at least part of the first channel portion being wider, as measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the retainer, than another part of the first channel portion, the combined longitudinal lengths of the first and second channel portions being larger than a distance separating the first and second channel portions along the longitudinal axis of the retainer, said distance substantially equaling a dimension of the side member of the medical article as measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the retainer; a base, the retainer being coupled to the base so as to move in a longitudinal direction relative to the base; and an interlocking mechanism, at least a portion of the interlocking mechanism being movable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction so as to limit the retainer from moving relative to the base.