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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. 11, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohammad A Khan, Sandy, UT (US);
Minh Quang Hoang, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Gregory J Mann, West Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61F / ; A61F / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424443 ; 424447 ; 424448 ; 424449 ; 604306 ; 604332 ; 6043851 ; 523111 ; 523122 ;
Abstract
A medical device for protecting a catheter penetration site on the skin of a patient includes a resilient pad having a patient contacting side and at least one void therein for receiving and retaining a catheter at a catheter penetration site. The device has an adhesive on the patient contacting side of the pad for releasably adhering the pad to the patient's skin at the catheter penetration site and also includes a sufficient quantity of an antimicrobial agent to create a zone of microbial inhibition around the catheter penetration site.