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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Paul Ciccone, Social Circle, GA (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/02 (2013.01); A61M 2025/024 (2013.01); A61M 2025/028 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0266 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter securement device holds a medical article such as a catheter in position upon the body of a patient and at least inhibits longitudinal movement of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer and a clamp. The retainer and clamp can include interengaging structure that can include a ratchet mechanism that allows a single securement system to be used with medical articles that have different longitudinal lengths as well as medical articles that have distally located contact surfaces.