Patient access site securement system
Inventors
Chelak, Todd M. • Galanis, Andrew • Gabel, Jonathan
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12011553-B2
Publication Date
2024-06-18
Expiration Date
Abstract
A patient access site securement system includes a housing with an inlet, an outlet and an internal fluid path between the inlet and the outlet. The housing also has a connecting portion that connects to a catheter and/or a fluid line attached to the catheter. A contact surface is located on an underside of the housing and positions the patient access site securement system on the patient. A first reservoir with an interior holds a liquid and transitions from a first state to a second state. The interior is in fluid communication with the inlet when the reservoir is in the second state to allow the liquid to flow from the inlet, through the internal fluid path and exit the outlet. The liquid interacts with the contact surface and/or the patient to alter a level of securement between the catheter and the patient.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a vascular access site management system comprising a housing configured to position the system on a patient adjacent a catheter insertion site. The housing includes a connecting portion configured to connect to the catheter and/or a fluid line attached to the catheter, where a portion of the catheter extends through an insertion site within a patient. A contact surface located on an underside of the housing is configured to position the vascular access site management system on the patient adjacent the insertion site.
The system further includes a first reservoir having an interior configured to hold a first substance. The first reservoir is configured to transition from a first state to a second state, and is configured to dispense the first substance onto the insertion site as it transitions from the first state toward the second state. The first reservoir includes a breachable portion configured to breach as the first reservoir transitions from the first state toward the second state, thereby dispensing the first substance.
The first substance is configured to protect the insertion site having the catheter extending therethrough, and the breachable portion of the first reservoir provides a dispensing action during the reservoir state transition. A method is also described for protecting the insertion site by providing the vascular access site management system and transitioning the first reservoir from the first state to the second state, causing the breachable portion to breach and the first substance to dispense onto the insertion site.
Claims Coverage
The document includes two independent claims: one to a vascular access site management system and one to a method for protecting an insertion site. Across the independent claims, the inventive coverage centers on a housing that positions a contact surface adjacent a catheter insertion site and a reservoir that transitions between states to breach and dispense a protective substance.
Housing positioning adjacent the insertion site
A housing having a connecting portion configured to connect to the catheter and/or a fluid line attached to the catheter, the catheter having a portion extending through an insertion site within a patient; a contact surface located on an underside of the housing and configured to position the vascular access site management system on the patient adjacent the insertion site.
State-transition breachable reservoir dispensing a protective substance
a first reservoir having an interior configured to hold a first substance, the first reservoir configured to transition from a first state to a second state, the first reservoir configured to dispense the first substance onto the insertion site as it transitions from the first state toward the second state, the first substance configured to protect the insertion site having the catheter extending therethrough, the first reservoir having a breachable portion, the breachable portion configured to breach as the first reservoir transitions from the first state toward the second state, thereby dispensing the first substance.
Method protecting by transitioning the breachable reservoir
providing a vascular access site management system including a housing with the connecting portion and underside contact surface positioned on the patient adjacent the insertion site; a first reservoir configured to transition from a first state to a second state and having a breachable portion configured to breach as the first reservoir transitions, thereby dispensing the first substance configured to protect the insertion site having the catheter extending therethrough; and transitioning the first reservoir from the first state to the second state, thereby causing the breachable portion to breach and the first substance to dispense onto the insertion site.
Overall, the claim coverage protects both the system and the method where a housing positions an underside contact surface adjacent a catheter insertion site, and a breachable first reservoir transitions between states to dispense a first substance configured to protect the insertion site.
Stated Advantages
Protect the insertion site having the catheter extending therethrough.
Documented Applications
Managing and protecting a catheter insertion site within a patient using a vascular access site management system having a dispensing protective first substance.
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