US 12,220,545 B2
Garment clip
Conor Mulrooney, Manchester (GB)
Assigned to Phagenesis Limited, Manchester (GB)
Filed by Phagenesis Limited, Manchester (GB)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/247,182.
Application 17/247,182 is a continuation of application No. 15/749,944, granted, now 10,888,690, previously published as PCT/GB2016/052381, filed on Aug. 3, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1513792 (GB), filed on Aug. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0077784 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/02 (2006.01); F16L 3/237 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/02 (2013.01) [A61M 2025/024 (2013.01); A61M 2025/028 (2013.01); F16L 3/237 (2013.01); H04R 1/1033 (2013.01); Y10T 24/13 (2015.01); Y10T 24/3444 (2015.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for securing a catheter to a garment on a patient, the device comprising:
a garment facing side and a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side;
a body having a garment facing side, a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side, and a surface along the non-garment facing side;
a flexible tab, the tab having a garment facing side, a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side, and a surface along the non-garment facing side;
a resiliently deformable channel disposed at the non-garment facing side of the device and configured to releasably secure the catheter, the channel disposed between the body and the tab and having an opening at the non-garment facing side of the device defined by adjacent edges of the body and tab surfaces and that is substantially planar with the body and tab surfaces,
wherein the tab is resiliently maneuverable to increase or decrease a cross-sectional dimension of the channel to release or secure the catheter, respectively; and
a clasp disposed on the garment facing side of the body and configured to releasably secure the body of the device to the garment, wherein the clasp comprises a piercing member and a cover for receiving the piercing member, the cover being permanently coupled to the body.