US 12,420,064 B2
Peripherally inserted central-line catheter (PICC) line support apparatus
Eric Scott Queen, Waxhaw, NC (US); Deborah Fryer Queen, Waxhaw, NC (US); and Lillian Grace Queen, Waxhaw, NC (US)
Assigned to Covena, LLC, Waxhaw, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/618,756
Filed by Eric Scott Queen, Waxhaw, NC (US); Deborah Fryer Queen, Waxhaw, NC (US); and Lillian Grace Queen, Waxhaw, NC (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/038685
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/257616, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,158, filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257907 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/02 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0206 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0213 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A peripherally inserted central-line catheter (PICC) line support apparatus comprising:
a flexible conforming material forming a cylinder with a first opening and a second opening at opposite ends of the cylinder;
a PICC line opening in the cylinder located between the opposite ends of the cylinder; and
a separate skirt comprising the flexible conforming material, the skirt including a first end of the skirt that is coupled to the cylinder and including a second end of the skirt that is open and is separated from the first opening and the second opening, the separate skirt moving from a first position relative to the cylinder and a second position relative to the cylinder.