Patent ID: 7198066

Claim:
An anti-kinking device for supporting and stabilising a tubing for fluid or air transport in a safety loop, wherein the tubing is a medical tubing, said device comprising a proximal part and a distal part and a middle part, wherein the proximal part is connected to the distal part through the middle part only, and the middle part comprises a curved part, and wherein said device has a backbone, said backbone being capable of maintaining the final shape of the device, and said backbone having attached means for receiving and fixing the tubing along said backbone, when said tubing is in connection with a fluid or air recipient, and said means for receiving and fixing the tubing has an opening opposite the backbone, so that the device may be mounted to the tubing by squeezing the tubing through the opening, the opening having a size allowing a tubing section positioned in the device to be observed, said means for receiving and fixing the tubing further having projecting means projecting into the opening thereby narrowing the opening at the position of the projecting means and wherein the proximal part and/or the distal part has a tapered end, said device being fixable to a patient in order to relieve the tension of the tubing at the point of insertion.