IV PROTECTOR
The present invention is an IV protector designed to reduce the risk of the spread of infectious diseases caused by the contamination of clothing, bed linens, and floor coverings occasioned by the accidental spattering of blood and other fluids associated with the removal and disposal of an intravenous infusion set and flexible catheter employed in the administration of peripheral IV therapy.
US Patent # 6,080,138.
FIG. 1A is an environmental, perspective view of an IV protector according to the present invention with the IV protector in a retracted position:
The IV protector is a device designed to prevent spattering of blood from the tip of a peripheral IV catheter during removal and disposal of the catheter and IV tubing. The IV protector is a flexible plastic cylinder about three inches in length and about 1.5 cm in diameter. At one end it has a projection and a mating groove clasp fastener in order to seal the end of the cylinder by pinching the projection into the groove. At the other end the cylinder has internal threads adapted to lock the IV protector in a retracted position circumferentially about the IV tubing when the catheter is inserted in the venipuncture site, and adapted to lock the IV protector in an extended position circumferentially enclosing the catheter for disposal. A pair of resilient threaded washer shaped adaptors which snap fit on the IV tubing, or tubular adaptors having a hub adapted for connection to the catheter hub at one end and adapted for connection to the needle adaptor of the IV tubing at the other end are used to dispose the IV protector between the IV tubing and the catheter.
FIG. 1B is an environmental, perspective view of an IV protector according to the present invention with the IV protector in an extended position:
FIG. 1C is an environmental, perspective view of an IV protector according to the present invention with the catheter removed from the venipuncture site and the end of the protector sealed for disposal of the unit:
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