Patent ID: 8794240

Claim:
An apparatus for securing a tracheal tube, an adjunct tube, an oropharyngeal tube, a nasogastric tube, or a laryngeal tube to a patient, consisting of: (a) an elongate strip of adhesive tape having an adhesive side and a non-adhesive side: (b) a first peel-away tab on and covering the adhesive side of more than half the length of the adhesive tape; and (c) a second peel-away tab on and covering the adhesive side of the remaining portion of the adhesive tape, wherein the first peel-away tab and the second peel-away tab include end tabs which facilitate removal of the peel-away tabs from the adhesive side of the tape, wherein the end tab of the second peel-away tab is covered by the first peel-away tab, and wherein the apparatus is adapted to being wrapped around so as to encircle the adjunct tube, the oropharyngeal tube, the nasogastric tube, or the laryngeal tube and for securing the adjunct tube, the oropharyngeal tube, the nasogastric tube, or the laryngeal tube to the cheek or upper lip of the patient.