Device for attaching a flexible tube to a patient's skin
US5470321A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/26
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device consisting of a metal component which can pass from an "open" position to a "closed" position during use, and has a slot with an insertion channel for receiving a flexible tube (16) near the point where it emerges from a frangible material (17). Said component has first and second fasteners (8,12,13 respectively) which are inoperative when the component is in the open position, and respectively engage said tube (16) and said frangible material (17) when the component is folded into its closed position.
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