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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Amanda C. Engler, Woodbury, MN (US);
Denise J. Ziemann, Fridley, MN (US);
Richard L. Jacobson, Stillwater, MN (US);
Kimberly A. Schommer, Hudson, WI (US);
Elizabeth A. Tatroe, Lakeland Shores, MN (US);
Michael J. Turnbull, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Cotton, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jener De Oliveira, Sumare-Sp, BR;
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Abstract
The disclosed tube securement device attaches to the patient's body and to the tube, while allowing for a section of the tube to be detached from the tube securement device. The tube securement device comprises a backing with adhesive coated sections. The backing comprises a first end section, a second end section, and a midsection, separating the first end section from the second end section. The tube securement device further comprises a first adhesive on at least a portion of the first major surface of the first end section, a second adhesive on at least a portion of the first major surface of the second end section, and wherein the first major surface of the midsection is free of tacky adhesive.