US 12,064,556 B2
Patient tube securement apparatus for securing a patient tube to a patient
Simon Mordechai Stam, Auckland (NZ); Edwin Joseph Lyons, Auckland (NZ); and Ibrahim Al-Tiay, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/304,071.
Application 17/304,071 is a continuation of application No. 15/129,500, granted, now 11,058,837, previously published as PCT/NZ2015/050035, filed on Mar. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/973,114, filed on Mar. 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370000 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0497 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0461 (2013.01); A61M 25/02 (2013.01); A61M 2025/022 (2013.01); A61M 2025/024 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0266 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A securement apparatus comprising:
a dermal patch sized and configured to be adhered to a cheek of a patient; and
a user interface comprising a user interface patch and at least one tube holder, the user interface configured to be removably connectable to the dermal patch;
wherein the at least one tube holder is engageable with a patient tube such that a position of the patient tube can be selected by engaging the patient tube with a particular tube holder of the at least one tube holder to deliver an invasive therapy to the patient; and
wherein the dermal patch and the user interface patch are configured to permit interchangeability between the at least one tube holder and a non-invasive patient interface configured to deliver a non-invasive therapy to the patient.