Patent ID: 7837655

Claim:
A securement device for securing a medical article to a patient, the medical article having an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis, at least one lumen, and a pair of lateral wings extending in opposite directions from the elongated body on both sides of the at least one lumen, the securement device comprising: an adhesive bottom layer for attaching to the skin of a patient; a base member disposed above the adhesive bottom layer; a post movably coupled to the base member; and a first cover member and a second cover member being arranged generally in a side-by-side relationship with a gap existing between the cover members, each cover member cooperating with the base member to define a space of sufficient size to receive a wing of the medical article with at least a portion of the elongated body being disposed generally within the gap, each of the spaces defined by each cover having a lateral length wherein the combined lateral lengths of the spaces is greater than a lateral length of the gap.