US 12,296,118 B2
Systems and methods for securing catheters
Eric Fayez Chehab, San Francisco, CA (US); Eric Johnson, Woodside, CA (US); Eric Anthony Kramer, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Marlo Dreissigacker Kohn, Redwood City, CA (US); James Kennedy Wall, Woodside, CA (US); Ross Daniel Venook, Millbrae, CA (US); Shivani Alexandra Torres, San Francisco, CA (US); Cerys Rohann Murray-Scott, Fortrose (GB); and Marisa Janelle San Agustin Borja, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Novonate, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Novonate, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/658,880.
Application 18/658,880 is a continuation of application No. 17/128,796, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,980,725.
Application 17/128,796 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/038595, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/689,463, filed on Jun. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0382718 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/02 (2013.01) [A61M 2025/024 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0273 (2013.01); A61M 2025/028 (2013.01); A61M 2240/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of protecting a catheter interface, the method comprising:
providing a catheter interface protection device comprising:
a shield having an open bottom and a wall that defines a cavity for accommodating an umbilical stump;
a slot extending from the open bottom along the wall;
a first clip extending outward from the shield, the first clip comprising an undercut configured to accommodate a portion of a catheter; and
a first latch coupled to the shield;
extending the catheter through the slot in the catheter interface protection device;
wrapping the catheter at least partially around the undercut of the first clip; and
securing the first latch around the first clip.