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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
John V Edwards, East Grinstead, GB;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604180 ; 128D / ; 604336 ; 604338 ;
Abstract
A catheter retainer comprising a member of synthetic plastics material having a central hole wholly or partly defined by a pair of resilient catheter-gripping jaws, and a resilient catch member for holding the jaws in their relatively closed position. The catheter retainer is preferably an insert that snaps into a coupling member which is carried by a pad of adhesive dressing material.