Intravenous site securement device for catheters
Granted 20 May 2008 · no office action yet
Current assignee: Venetec International, Inc. · originally Nexus Medical, LLC
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Inventors: W. Cary Dikeman, Steve A. Cash, Larry C. Smith, Chris Winsor · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 2914 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an intravenous site securement device for catheters embodying our design, with the catheter, the adhesive strip for securing the device to the patient, the posts and frusto-spherical head ends of the platform connectors, the corresponding circular through-holes in the retainer for coupling to the platform, and the reinforcement and grasping ribs provided on the pull-tabs of the retainer being shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the device similar to FIG. 1 , but illustrating the retainer being partly decoupled from the platform;
FIG. 3 is an end elevation view of the device as depicted in FIG. 2 ,
FIG. 4 is a top elevation view of the device as depicted in FIGS. 2 and 3 ;
FIG. 5 is an end elevation view of the device opposite that shown in FIG. 3 ; and,
FIG. 6 is a side elevation view of the device as depicted in FIGS. 2–5 , with the opposite side elevation view being a mirror image thereof.
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