Leland Stanford Junior University

Carl Linden Dambkowski

Ross Daniel Venook

Siddhartha Joshi

Eric Fayez Chehab

Lauren So Young Wood

James Wall

Joseph De-Chung Shih

Jonathan Andrew Fritz

Julie Papanek

Shivani Alexandra Torres

Lauren So Wood

A device for protecting an umbilical stump-catheter interface, includes: a shield having a wall that defines a cavity for accommodating an umbilical stump, wherein the shield further includes a base for attachment to a patient; and an opening at the shield for allowing an umbilical catheter to extend therethrough. A method for protecting an umbilical stump-catheter interface, includes: providing a device having a shield with a wall that defines a cavity for accommodating an umbilical stump, wherein the shield further includes a base for attachment to a patient, and wherein the device further includes an opening at the shield; shielding the umbilical stump from an environment using the shield; and accommodating an umbilical catheter using the opening at the shield.

Systems and methods for protecting umbilical stumps

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Carl Linden Dambkowski