Patent ID: 8663171
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical-use bandage for immobilizing a tube implanted in a patient body, with a part of the implanted tube projecting from the body at an exit site, the bandage comprising: a lower face configured to face skin of the body, and on an opposite side thereof, an upper face; a base support having the lower face configured to be applied to the skin and the upper face, a first bandage fixing portion for fixing the exit site, including on the lower face of the base support an adhesive fixing part configured to be adhered at least partly around the exit site to the skin and to a proximal portion of the projecting part of the tube; and a second bandage fixing portion for (i) engaging the distal portion of the projecting part of the tube in a defined shape and in a sliding manner and (ii) facilitating a complete release of the distal portion of the tube therefrom during a period of patient treatment, the second bandage fixing portion including at least partly a part of the upper face of the base support the second bandage fixing portion including a band having a nonadhesive lower face, at least part of the nonadhesive lower face being configured to be turned to the skin, the band including an adhesive attachment area that is situated at least partly around the band, is defined on the lower face of the support, and is configured to be adhered to the skin.