초록 ▼

A suture tab body has inside and outside surfaces and first and second parts with a line therebetween. Openings located about the first part pass through the body from the inside to the outside surface. Adhesion means on a section of the inside surface is juxtaposed to itself when the first and seco

A suture tab body has inside and outside surfaces and first and second parts with a line therebetween. Openings located about the first part pass through the body from the inside to the outside surface. Adhesion means on a section of the inside surface is juxtaposed to itself when the first and second parts are folded along the line. The openings in the first part are on another section apart from the adhesion means. A reinforcement as a thicker area of the first part has ears for the openings. The ears are adjacent a pair of opposite edges, each of which defines an elongate dimension of the body. And least two ears are disposed near each edge with one ear near each edge and the line. The adhesion means is a double faced foam tape with a releasable covering for protecting an adhesive facing prior to use. A combination of suture tab and catheter is used with a method for attaching the suture tab to the catheter. The method has the suture bab placed against the patient with the adhesive exposed to receive transversely the catheter. Folding the suture tab puts the outside surface of the second part away from the patient and so the inside surface carrying the adhesive is about the catheter and itself.

대표청구항 ▼

A suture tab comprising: a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end, the body having an inside surface and an outside surface integral therewith, the first part extending from the first end to the second part and forming a fold line

A suture tab comprising: a body with a first end and a second end and a first part on the first end and a second part on the second end, the body having an inside surface and an outside surface integral therewith, the first part extending from the first end to the second part and forming a fold line between the first and second parts, the second part extending from the fold line to the second end, the body having a plurality of openings in the first part each of the openings generally being through the body from the inside surface to the outside surface and located about the first part; and adhesion means attached to a section of the inside surface of the body first and second parts for placement in juxtaposition when the first and second parts are folded along the fold line therebetween and wherein the plurality of openings is on another section apart from the adhesion means.