Patent ID: 8834426
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61L,A61M,B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. A protective shield for covering an intravenous catheter during use of the intravenous catheter in contact with a patient's skin, the protective shield comprising: an intravenous hub cavity portion, configured and shaped to accommodate at least a portion of a catheter needle and a catheter luer lock; a U-shaped cavity portion having first and second ends, a first end of said U-shaped cavity portion coupled to said intravenous hub cavity portion, said U-shaped cavity portion configured and shaped to accept a first portion of the intravenous catheter tube that is coupled to the catheter luer lock; a straight tubing cavity portion, coupled to and extending from the second end of said U-shaped cavity portion, and configured and shaped to accept a second portion of the intravenous catheter; the protective shield having a back side surface having a planar portion configured to contact a patient during application of the protective shield to a patient's underlying skin around the intravenous catheter; the protective shield having a front side surface opposite from the back side surface; wherein the protective shield is a flexible, thermoformed, thermoplastic, having a three-dimensional, thermoformed cavity portion in said back side surface, the three-dimensional, thermoformed cavity portion forming the intravenous hub cavity portion, the U-shaped cavity portion and the straight tubing cavity portion; and wherein the back side surface includes an adhesive layer coated on the planar portion of the back side surface and wherein said three-dimensional, thermoformed cavity portion in said back side surface does not include said adhesive layer.