EP1049509A1 - Dispositif pour fixer un catheter ou similaire - Google Patents

Dispositif pour fixer un catheter ou similaire

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EP1049509A1
EP1049509A1 EP99901762A EP99901762A EP1049509A1 EP 1049509 A1 EP1049509 A1 EP 1049509A1 EP 99901762 A EP99901762 A EP 99901762A EP 99901762 A EP99901762 A EP 99901762A EP 1049509 A1 EP1049509 A1 EP 1049509A1
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Prior art keywords
clamp
catheter
base
flap
adhesive
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Kenneth Alfred Allen
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Brightwake Ltd
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Brightwake Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/02—Holding devices, e.g. on the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/02—Holding devices, e.g. on the body
    • A61M2025/0253—Holding devices, e.g. on the body where the catheter is attached by straps, bands or the like secured by adhesives
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/02—Holding devices, e.g. on the body
    • A61M2025/0253—Holding devices, e.g. on the body where the catheter is attached by straps, bands or the like secured by adhesives
    • A61M2025/026—Holding devices, e.g. on the body where the catheter is attached by straps, bands or the like secured by adhesives where the straps are releasably secured, e.g. by hook and loop-type fastening devices

Definitions

  • This invention relates to a clamp for holding a catheter or the like, particularly a clamp for holding a catheter or other form of tube to a patient's body.
  • Catheters and other tubular medical devices are designed for insertion into canals, vessels, passageways or body cavities so as to permit injection or withdrawal of fluids or substances from the body.
  • Commonly used examples are urinary catheters, which are used by some 30- 40% of elderly people, both men and women. Such a catheter is inserted into the urinary tract, the other end of the catheter opening into a urine collection bag which is commonly strapped to the user's leg.
  • Urinary catheters are commonly worn by the user for extended periods and it is vital that the catheter be held securely in position so as to prevent movement which might lead to the catheter becoming dislodged, or to pain or discomfort for the user.
  • a device by which a catheter may be secured against unwanted movement.
  • a device should be easy to use, particularly bearing in mind that many users may be elderly and/or lacking in dexterity.
  • the device should be capable of being worn comfortably.
  • the device should prevent lateral movement of the catheter completely or substantially completely, but may permit a limited degree of longitudinal movement.
  • the device should ideally also be capable of accommodating a range of conventionally used catheter sizes without occlusion, yet maintaining secure positioning of the catheter.
  • the device should permit easy removal of the catheter and should be reusable.
  • a clamp for securing a catheter or the like to an object comprises a base affixed, in use, to the object, a flap connected at one end thereof to the base, and securing means for securing the flap to the base so as to retain the catheter or the like therebetween, wherein a portion of the base and/or the flap which, in use, encloses the catheter or the like carries a resilient pad coated with a non-adhesive synthetic resin.
  • the clamp according to the invention is advantageous primarily in that it can be used to secure a catheter or the like to an object such as a user's leg or abdomen, thereby preventing unwanted movement of the catheter during normal use.
  • the clamp holds the catheter or the like in place, without occluding or substantially distorting the internal bore of the catheter.
  • the non-adhesive synthetic resin enhances the fiictional engagement of the clamp with the catheter without adhering to the catheter.
  • the catheter may nonetheless be easily removed from the clamp, which is reuseable.
  • the securing means are preferably cooperating fastening means, most preferably cooperating male and female parts of a touch-and-close or hook-and-loop (NELCRO-type) fastener.
  • the synthetic resin is most preferably a silicone rubber.
  • a variety of synthetic resins, in particular silicones, may be employed, including those known for use in enhancing fiictional contact with the body, eg in hosiery.
  • the synthetic resin should be such that when it contacts a catheter the coefficient of friction is sufficient to resist slippage of the catheter.
  • two or more strips of synthetic resin to be applied across the surface of the resilient pad, most preferably parallel to the longitudinal axis of the catheter when the catheter is held between the flap and the base.
  • a part of the flap may have an adhesive surface. More particularly, an adhesive strip may be provided at a location which, when the flap surrounds the catheter or the like, is diametrically opposite to the non- adhesive synthetic resin. Such an arrangement provides increased fixation of the catheter or the like without permanently closing the clamp and hence retaining relative ease of removal of the catheter or the like from the clamp.
  • the resilient pad is most preferably of a plastics foam.
  • the pad is conformable around a range of catheter diameters yet is sufficiently resilient to urge the synthetic resin into sufficiently firm contact with a catheter to prevent slippage.
  • One particularly preferred material for the resilient pad is a closed cell polyester foam.
  • the foam preferably has, for most applications, a thickness of less than 5mm, say 3-4mm, and preferably has a density of 30-40 kg/m 3 , say 34-38 kg/m 3 .
  • the base may be affixed directly to the object, eg the patient's skin, by adhesive.
  • the base may be self-adhesive, the adhesive being masked prior to use by a peelable paper or film.
  • the base may be affixed to the object by being wrapped around the object.
  • Such an arrangement may be suited, for example, to a clamp for securing a catheter to a patient's limb.
  • the base is preferably a strap, most preferably a knitted and elasticated strap.
  • the surface of the strap is preferably formed with a loop pile which serves as the female part of a touch-and-close fastener, and one end of the strap is provided with a corresponding male fastener.
  • the flap is preferably stitched to the strap.
  • Figure 1 is a side view of a first embodiment of a catheter clamp according to the invention, prior to use;
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the clamp of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a side view of the clamp of Figure 1, in use;
  • Figure 4 is a side view of a second embodiment of a clamp according to the invention.
  • Figure 5 is a partial plan view of the clamp of Figure 4, in use.
  • a first embodiment of a clamp according to the invention is generally designated 10.
  • the clamp 10 comprises a woven tape 11.
  • a region of the tape 11 near one end thereof, has upstanding therefrom the male part 12 of a touch-and-close or hook-and-loop fastener.
  • the corresponding female part 13 of the fastener is provided near the other end of the tape 11.
  • the central part of the tape 11 carries, on the same side as the male and female fastener parts 12,13 a resilient foam pad 14, the upper surface of which carries two stripes 15 of silicone rubber.
  • the tape 11 has an adhesive undersurface.
  • the underside of that end of the tape 11 which carries the male fastener part 12 is provided with a first masking paper 16.
  • a second tape 17, having one adhesive surface, is folded approximately in half and the adhesive side of one half is pressed into contact with the adhesive undersurface of that part of the first tape 11 which carries the female fastener part 13.
  • the underside of the other half carries a second masking paper 18.
  • the arrangement is thus such that the part of the first tape 11 which carries the male fastener 12, to which is applied the first masking paper 16, and the part of the second tape 17 which carries the second masking paper 18 together constitute a base for the clamp 10.
  • the first and second masking papers 16,18 are gripped at their free edges (16a, 18a respectively) and peeled off.
  • the exposed adhesive undersurfaces of the clamp 10 are then affixed to a patient's skin 20 (see Figure 3) at the position at which a catheter 21 is to be secured.
  • the catheter 21 is then laid on the foam pad 14 and the flap is folded over such that the female part 13 of the fastener engages the male part 12.
  • the catheter 21 is thus captivated by the flap.
  • the resilience of the foam pad 14 accommodates the catheter 21 without causing occlusion of the internal bore of the catheter 21.
  • the silicone stripes 15 engage the surface of the catheter 21 and further prevent any displacement of the catheter 21, either longitudinally or laterally. Nonetheless, the catheter 21 can readily be released from the clamp 10, simply be separating the male and female fastener parts 12,13.
  • the clamp 30 comprises a knitted and elasticated strap 31 of generally conventional form.
  • One surface of the strap 31 is formed with an upstanding loop pile 32 which constitutes the female part of a touch-and-close fastener.
  • One end of the strap 31 is stitched to a tab 33 which carries the male part 34 of the fastener, such that the strap 31 may be wrapped around the limb of a patient and held by engagement of the male part 34 with an appropriate part of the loop pile 32.
  • a tape 35 which is generally similar to the first tape 11 of the first embodiment described above, is affixed to the strap 31 near the end which carries the tab 33.
  • the tape 35 is secured by two lines of stitching, one 36 positioned centrally of the tape 35 and the other 37 being close to one end of the tape 35.
  • the part of the tape 35 which is secured to the strap 31 carries the male part 38 of a touch-and-close fastener, and the other part of the tape forms a flap 39 which carries a corresponding female part 40.
  • the central part of the tape 35 carries a resilient foam pad 41 , to the surface of which are applied two stripes 42 of silicone rubber.
  • the second embodiment is used by wrapping the strap 31 around a patient's limb, eg a thigh, and engaging the tab 33 with the loop pile 32.
  • a catheter 43 is then laid across the foam pad 41 and the flap 39 is folded over the catheter 43 so that the male part 38 of the fastener engages the female part 40.
  • the catheter 43 is thus held in a similar fashion to that described for the first embodiment.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une pince (10) pour fixer un cathéter (21) ou similaire à un objet (20), comme le tibia d'un patient. Ladite pince comprend une base fixée, lorsqu'elle est utilisée, à l'objet (20) et un volet raccordé par une extrémité à la base. Des moyens de fixation (12, 13) fixent le volet à la base, de sorte que le cathéter (21) ou similaire soit immobilisé. Une partie de la base et/ou du volet, qui, lorsqu'ils sont utilisés, entoure le cathéter (21) ou similaire, porte un tampon élastique (14) enduit d'une résine synthétique non adhésive (15).
EP99901762A 1998-01-22 1999-01-21 Dispositif pour fixer un catheter ou similaire Withdrawn EP1049509A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9801216 1998-01-22
GBGB9801216.4A GB9801216D0 (en) 1998-01-22 1998-01-22 Clamp for a catheter or the like
PCT/GB1999/000200 WO1999037353A1 (fr) 1998-01-22 1999-01-21 Dispositif pour fixer un catheter ou similaire

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