Patent ID: 8048045

Claim:
Blood leakage detection device for attachment to the skin of a patient at a wound, in particular a wound caused by insertion a cannula into a vein or artery, the device comprising a support of a flexible material having a top side and a bottom side, a zone of adhesive for attachment to the skin on the bottom side of the support extending along its periphery except for a sector of from about 5° to about 150°, a blood absorbent patch having a top side and a bottom side disposed on the support and extending inwardly of the adhesive zone and, in the sector, and a blood detection probe comprising an optical fibre for disposition above the wound, the probe comprising a probe head for disposition above the wound, the probe head being disposed at or near the centre of the support in the absorbent patch or in abutment with the bottom side of the absorbent patch, and inward of the adhesive zone.