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Patent US7637894 - Plaster device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA plaster device serves for fixating a length of a medical tube in relation to a skin surface of an individual having the tube inserted into a body part via an access opening. The plaster device includes an adhesive part having an upper side an adherent lower side for attaching the device to the skin,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7637894?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7637894 - Plaster deviceAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7637894 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/913,639PCT numberPCT/IB2006/051417Publication dateDec 29, 2009Filing dateMay 5, 2006Priority dateMay 6, 2005Fee statusPaidAlso published asEP1893277A1, EP1893277B1, US20080221526, WO2006120623A1Publication number11913639, 913639, PCT/2006/51417, PCT/IB/2006/051417, PCT/IB/2006/51417, PCT/IB/6/051417, PCT/IB/6/51417, PCT/IB2006/051417, PCT/IB2006/51417, PCT/IB2006051417, PCT/IB200651417, PCT/IB6/051417, PCT/IB6/51417, PCT/IB6051417, PCT/IB651417, US 7637894 B2, US 7637894B2, US-B2-7637894, US7637894 B2, US7637894B2InventorsPhilip FleischerOriginal AssigneeLina Medical ApsExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (15), Referenced by (11), Classifications (8), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPlaster device
3. The plaster device according to claim 2, wherein a third cover part of a VELCRO® strip is provided on at least a part of a top face or a part of an outer side face of the support part for engaging with the first cover part.
5. The plaster device according to claim 2, wherein the first cover part is an at least partly detachable textile sheet of a VELCRO® strip of an area sufficiently large to cover at least the support part of the plaster device in the position of use, and the second cover part is an annular VELCRO® strip attached to the upper side of the adhesive part along the perimeter of the adhesive part, or the second cover part is at least one VELCRO® strip attached to the upper side of the adhesive part adjacent at least a part of the support part.
In a first very simple preferred embodiment the first cover part is an at least partly detachable sheet of textile, preferably entirely made of a VELCRO® hook and loop fastener or made of a textile having a VELCRO® hook and loop fastener strip provided along the perimeter. It is preferred that the sheet has an area sufficiently large to cover at least the support part in the use position and that the textile is air permeable so that humidity is allowed to evaporate and humidification is avoided.
The VELCRO® hook and loop fastener sheet can be fully detachable or can be connected to e.g. an edge or rim portion of the adhesive part.
In this first simple embodiment the second cover part for coupling together with the first cover part can be an annular VELCRO® hook and loop fastener strip attached to the upper side of the adhesive part along or a small distance from the perimeter of this, and arranged for sticking to the first cover part. A preferred distance between the perimeter of the adhesive part and the outline of the second cover part could for example be between 1-5 mm. This distance guarantees that the adhesive part does not detaches the skin to which the adhesive part is attached when the first cover part from time to time is removed for inspection of the tube or access opening.
This procedure is especially easy to carry out if the second cover part is at least one VELCRO® hook and loop fastener strip attached to the upper side of the adhesive part adjacent at least a part of the outer face of the support part along the perimeter of the part.
The free section of the first cover part can advantageously be provided with a number of protruding flaps for engaging with the at least one sized VELCRO® hook and loop fastener strips of the second cover part. In the position of use two adjoining flaps define the exit direction for the proximal bent length of the tube, which is covered by the first cover part. For enabling easy inspection of the tube the first cover part can also be designed with a detachment flap.
It is preferred that the first cover part in the form of a VELCRO® hook and loop fastener sheet has a smooth outside so that the plaster device not does catch the patient's clothes or other surrounding protruding elements.
A third cover part, e.g. of the same VELCRO® hook and loop fastener material as the second cover part, can be provided on at least a part of the top face of the support part for engaging with the first cover part in such a way that the retaining grip of the oppositely facing jaws around the tube is maintained. The third cover part can furthermore extend down to the adhesive part joined to the outer side face of a jaw.
The first cover part 21 is, in the embodiment shown in the FIG. 1, a rectangular VELCRO® hook and loop fastener sheet having substantially the same or slightly greater area compared to the adhesive part 2.
It is preferred that the second cover part 22 does not cover the entire adhesive part 2, which preferably is made of a transparent material allowing inspection of the skin surface underneath it. Hence, the second cover part 22 is preferably a rectangular strip 22, also made of VELCRO® hook and loop fastener so as not to cover the entire adhesive part. The VELCRO® hook and loop fastener strip 22 is attached along the perimeter 8 of the adhesive part 2 on the outer rim portion of said adhesive part 2, e.g. by means of an adhesive. The strip 22 faces the first cover part 21. The ends 24 a,24 b of the strip 22 meet at oppositely facing sides of the slit 6 to allow the access flap 9 to be swung aside. Due to the narrow width of the second cover part 22, a central area of the adhesive part 2 remains uncovered. Inspection of the underlying skin surface is therefore still possible.
In FIG. 4 the first cover part 26 is shown to partly cover the support part 11. The VELCRO® hook and loop fastener sheet is made to couple together with the second cover part 22 and the third cover part 23 a,23 b to completely enclose the support part, as seen in FIG. 5, and hold the jaws in a clamping position around the distal section 30 b of the tube 30.
The soft material 33 has a central cut-out portion 36 defining a cavity sufficiently large to accommodate at least a section 37 of a first VELCRO® hook and fastener cover part 38 and the second VELCRO® hook and loop fastener cover parts 39,40 a,40 b. The section 37, and the second VELCRO® hook and loop fastener cover parts 39,40 a,40 b are joined to the upper side 33 of the cut-out portion 36, by e.g. gluing, as seen best in FIG. 7.
In FIG. 10 the first cover part 38 is shown to almost entirely cover the support part 41. The flaps 61,62,63,64 of the VELCRO® hook and loop fastener sheet 38 is made to couple together with the second cover parts 39,40 and the third cover part 42 to enclose the support part 41 and the distal section of the bent tube 30 b and to hold the jaws 48,49 clamped around the tube 30.
The VELCRO® hook and loop fastener parts are very easy to disengage. In this second embodiment uncoupling or disengagement of the cover parts take place stepwise. As a result, the detachment force is distributed over a number of different points so that when the support part is uncovered for inspection of the tube the adhesive part will not detach from the skin surface. Hence, it is possible to inspect the tube and the incision site in an easy manner.
Preferably the VELCRO® hook and loop fastener sheet of the first cover part has a smooth outside so that the plaster device not does catch the patient's clothes or other surrounding, protruding elements.
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