Patent ID: 8066657

Claim:
An abdominal binder assembly for securing a drainage bulb, the assembly comprising: an abdominal binder sheet of flexible material sized to cover substantially all of the patient's abdomen, the abdominal binder sheet comprising: a first surface comprising a loop-pile fabric which substantially covers an external side of the abdominal binder sheet, and a second surface including at least one region comprised of a hook fabric, wherein the hook fabric is configured to mate with the loop-pile fabric when the abdominal binder is wrapped around a patient's body; and a strip of material for securing across the body of the drainage bulb to the first surface on the external side of the abdominal binder sheet including a central portion, and first and second ends on two sides of the central portion, each of the first and second ends including hook fabric, the central portion for engaging the drainage bulb, and both the first and second ends for removably attaching to the loop-file fabric, wherein the strip of material is sized to cover only a portion of the drainage bulb and can be fully removed and reattached any location on to the loop-file fabric.