3m Innovative Properties Company

Matthew H Fryxell

Donald George Peterson

Steven B Heinecke

Phong VanThanh Ha

Daniel P Decabooter

Jia Hu

Peter M Eisenberg

Thomas G Skulley

Michael D Determan

Kiu-Yuen Tse

Michael R Plumb

Jennifer N Hanson

Anila Prabhu

Joseph M Hommes

Phong V Ha

The disclosed medical dressing has a dressing body and a flap. The dressing body has a first major surface and opposite second major surface containing a skin-contact adhesive. The flap has a fixed end integrally connected to the dressing body and a movable free end. The second major surface of the flap has a securing adhesive for contact with the first major surface of the dressing body.

Medical dressing comprising a flap

A medical dressing () with a dressing body () and a flap (). The flap can include a fixed end () coupled to the dressing body, and a free end () movable with respect to the dressing body between a first position and a second position in which the free end is positioned in overlapping relationship with the dressing body. A second major surface () of at least the free end of the flap can be configured to be secured to the dressing body, and the flap can be located toward a proximal end of the dressing body, such that a distal portion of the dressing body is free of the flap. The dressing body can be adhered to skin with a skin-contact adhesive (e.g., a silicone adhesive) (), and the flap can be secured to the dressing body with a securing adhesive (e.g. an acrylate adhesive) () that can have a higher adhesion or adhesive strength.

Brackets, systems comprising a bracket, and methods for securing medical articles. The bracket can include a base, a post coupled to the base and extending upwardly from the base in a direction generally normal to a first major surface of the base, and an arm coupled to the base and extending generally parallel to the first major surface of the base. The arm can be spaced a distance from the first major surface of the base to define a channel under the arm that is dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the medical article. The arm can be cantilevered, and the post and the arm can each be fixed with respect to the base. Methods can include abutting an external surface of the medical article against the post; and moving a portion of the medical article into the channel defined by the arm.

Medical article securement systems and methods of using same

A medical article securement system comprising a bracket and a flap for securing a medical article. The bracket can include a base, and an arm coupled to the base and extending generally parallel to the first major surface of the base. The arm can be spaced a distance from the first major surface of the base to define a channel under the arm that can be dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the medical article. The flap can include a fixed end, and a free end that is movable with respect to the bracket between a first position in which the flap is not positioned over the bracket, and a second position in which at least a portion of the flap is positioned over the bracket to further inhibit movement of the medical article. The fixed end of the flap can be coupled to the bracket.

Medical article securement systems comprising a bracket and a flap

Securement device

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Minnetonka, MN, United States of America

Matthew H Fryxell