Patent ID: 6302867
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
An I.V. catheter-securing apparatus for facilitating single-handed application of an I.V. catheter to a patient and for dressing an I.V. wound site, the apparatus comprising:a base carrier having top and bottom faces;a wound dressing for securing said I.V. catheter to said subject, said dressing removably adhered to said top face of said base carrier;a mounting substrate operably disposed on said bottom face of said base carrier for releasably attaching said apparatus to a surface;wherein said wound dressing further comprises a wound barrier having a top face and an adhesive bottom face, said bottom face of said wound barrier releasably adhered to said top face of said base carrier for attaching said wound dressing over a wound,a wound barrier carrier coextensive with said wound barrier disposed on a top face thereof and removable therewith from said base carrier; andwherein said wound barrier includes a protruding tab adhered on a bottom face to a base tab cut from said base carrier to facilitate removal of said wound barrier from said base carrier.