Patent ID: 8556859

Claim:
A securement device for a spin nut of a peripheral catheter comprising: a base having front and rear ends and front and rear end walls; a single channel formed in the base and being arcuate when viewed in vertical cross section, the channel having a primary channel length for receipt of the spin nut and a secondary channel length, wherein the primary channel length has a first width and the secondary channel length has a second width smaller than the first width, wherein the channel includes front and rear cut-outs at the front and rear end walls, and the secondary channel length is a combined length of each of the cut-outs, wherein the cut-outs present front and rear end interior channel faces, such that the spin nut when placed within the primary channel length abuts against the front and rear end interior channel faces to thereby inhibit longitudinal movement of the spin nut relative to the base; a flexible strap for securing the spin nut in the primary channel length during use of the securement device, the flexible strap having a body and a grasping tab; and a coupling assembly for removably coupling the flexible strap to the base, said coupling assembly including— left and right tracks formed in the left and right side walls of the base, and left and right rails formed on an underside of the flexible strap at generally left and right ends of the body of the strap, wherein said left rail is removably coupled and held within the left track, and said right rail is removably coupled and held within the right track.