Patent ID: 7621896

Claim:
A method for securing intravenous needles to treatment sites which method comprises: (a) providing a device for securing a plurality of intravenous needle assemblies wherein said needles include a tab, said device comprising: a semi-rigid but flexible pad capable of conforming to any contours of a patient's body and adapted to be installed on the opposite side of a part of a patient's body near an injection site, said pad having upper and lower flexible straps installed thereon in the periphery of said pad by fastening means, said straps, when crossing each other in a first location opposite said pad, will trap a holding tab of said intravenous needle assembly while said straps continue around said patient's part near an injection site to be fastened to said pad, means for separably fastening said straps to said pad after surrounding said patient's part near an injection site, and wherein said fastening means allow said straps to rotate relative to said pad for securing said plurality of needles without blocking the needle injection site; (b) installing said device as defined in step (a) to the opposite side of a part of a patient's body near an injection site requiring attachment of intravenous needles; and (c) fastening the straps of said device as defined in step (a).