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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Srinivas Nishtala, Bloomington, IN (US);
Linda Elbert, Bloomington, IN (US);
D. H. Perkins, Bloomington, IN (US);
Stephane Gobron, Gosport, IN (US);
Jeffrey Smith, Poland, IN (US);
Srinivas Nishtala, Bloomington, IN (US);
Linda Elbert, Bloomington, IN (US);
D. H. Perkins, Bloomington, IN (US);
Stephane Gobron, Gosport, IN (US);
Jeffrey Smith, Poland, IN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Medical devices for retaining an end of a medical tube. Each of the devices of the present invention comprises a base and at least one tab having a portion that is moveable within the base. The base comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, at least one side cavity for receiving a tab, and an opening transverse to the upper and lower surfaces. To facilitate tube retention, the tube is inserted through the opening in the base and the tab(s) is(are) moved within the cavity(ies) such that a portion of each tab contacts and retains the tube.