Patent ID: 8251957

Claim:
A catheter securement device comprising: a thin, flexible main body member comprising two sides, two ends, an upper side, an underside, and an edge recess disposed on one of said sides; a lower adhesive layer disposed on the underside of said main body member; an upper adhesive layer disposed on the upper side of said main body member; a pad member mounted onto said main body member, said pad member comprising a notch member, a pad upper surface and a pad lower surface, said pad upper surface having no adhesive, said pad lower surface having a pad lower exposed region having no adhesive, said pad lower exposed region being smaller than said pad lower surface, wherein said notch member is positioned over said main body member edge recess and encompassed by said pad lower exposed region; a retention member comprising a fixed end mounted onto said main body member, a retention member recess corresponding in location to said main body edge recess, and a releasable end, said releasable end being releasably joined to said main body member on the opposite side of said pad member from said fixed end; wherein said pad member has a shorter width than said main body member, such that an exposed region of said upper adhesive layer is defined beneath said retention member.