US 12,213,904 B2
Intravenous extremity support
Lisa Vallino, St. Louis, MO (US); Jennifer Marusich, Sanger, TX (US); and Betty Rozier, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed by I.V. House, Inc., Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2013, as Appl. No. 13/973,800.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/692,120, filed on Aug. 22, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/794,512, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2014/0060547 A1, Mar. 6, 2014
Int. Cl. A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61F 5/058 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/3761 (2013.01) [A61F 5/05858 (2013.01); A61M 25/06 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0206 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0213 (2013.01); A61M 2025/026 (2013.01); A61M 2025/028 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for assessing a patient's extremity for signs of infiltration and extravasation during peripheral intravenous (IV) therapy comprising:
(a) locating a venipuncture site on the extremity of the patient;
(b) affixing to the patient an extremity support at the venipuncture site on the extremity of the patient,
wherein the extremity support comprises a stabilizer having (i) an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion, (ii) at least one window, and (iii) a first strap that is attached to the upper portion of the stabilizer and a second strap that is attached to the lower portion of the stabilizer; wherein the upper portion and the lower portion of the stabilizer are wider than the middle portion of the stabilizer; and wherein the stabilizer inhibits movement of the extremity and does not surround the extremity;
(c) wrapping the first strap and the second strap around the extremity of the patient to secure the extremity support to the patient; and
(d) palpating the extremity for signs of infiltration and extravasation during IV therapy without removing the extremity support.