Patent ID: 8500054

Claim:
A method of adjusting an unstored length of tube to transfer a fluid into a living body, the method comprising the steps of: providing a tube capable of connecting a fluid source to the living body; providing a user-wearable tube length adjuster, the adjuster including a storage module having an inner hub sandwiched by a first exterior disc and a second exterior disc, the first exterior disc and the second exterior disc having opposed exterior surfaces formed on sides of the first and second exterior discs opposite the hub, the exterior surfaces extending over substantially the entire side of the first exterior disc and the entire side of the second exterior disc opposite the hub, at least one exterior surface having at least a first trough-shaped notch and a second trough-shaped notch formed therein, the first trough-shaped notch and the second trough-shaped notch formed next to one another in the exterior surface and traversing the entire exterior surface by extending from a first point on a circumference of the respective exterior disc to a second point on the circumference of the respective exterior disc, the first trough-shaped notch configured to contain at least a first portion of a length of tube and the second trough-shaped notch configured to contain at least a second portion of the length of tube, the storage module configured wherein the tube may be wrapped about the hub between the first exterior disc and the second exterior disc; removably attaching the tube to the adjuster by wrapping the tube about the hub and by accommodating the first portion of the length of tube within the first trough-shaped notch and the second portion of the length of tube within the second trough-shaped notch; and storing a portion of the tube on the storage module to adjust the unstored length of tube.