CA1194849A - Tube and cord holder device - Google Patents

Tube and cord holder device

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CA1194849A
CA1194849A CA000427886A CA427886A CA1194849A CA 1194849 A CA1194849 A CA 1194849A CA 000427886 A CA000427886 A CA 000427886A CA 427886 A CA427886 A CA 427886A CA 1194849 A CA1194849 A CA 1194849A
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Edwin L. Adair
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Abstract

Abstract A device is provided for yieldably supporting a tube and/or cord extending from a surgical instrument. The device includes a pad which is adhesively securable to a surgical drape or other surface and is connected to a releasable tube holding means by a stretchable mem-ber. The tube holding means includes a strip having a foam layer on one side and a fabric layer of inter-twining material on the other side and a tab attached to one end of the strip and having an interlocking sur-face which releasably adheres to the fabric layer so as to hold the tube and/or cord in desired location while allowing them to move in response to movement of the surgical instrument. In one embodiment, the outer side of the pad has a layer of intertwining material and a strip of interlacing material is adhesively attached to the surgical instrument so that the instrument can be nested on the pad by pressing the interlacing material against the intertwining material on the pad.

Description

COMBINED SURGI~AL INSTRUMENT AND TUBE HOLDE~ DEYICE

Techni~al Fleld .
This invention relates to ~ surgical instrument holder, and more particularly to a holder which has the 05 dual function of pro~iding a nesting place for t~e surgical instrument when not in use and for yieldably holding the tube or coxd attached to the instrument in a predetermined location but permitting some movement in response to ~anipulation of the surgical instrument so as not to unduly restrain movement thereof.

Back~rouna Art Tube and cord holding deYices of various types are well known in the prior art. For example, U.S. Patent No. 3,677 J 250 to Thomas for "Tabbed Anchoring Tape Means" discloses a pair of spaced anchoring pads inter-connected by a strap which is adapted to be wrapped around a cord. The pads are each adhesively connected to a supporting surface. This structure has the advantage of holding a tube securely in a predetermined location but permits almost no movement o the tu~e and therefore is not satisfactory for use at a location close to the surgical device or other instrument which is connected to the tube which must be moved around or manipulated by the user.
Another tube holder is shown in U.S. Patent No.
4,074,397 to Rosen for "Device for Securing Cords, Tubes, and the Like". This tube holder includes a pad which is adhesively secured to a supporting surface and has a fabric surface on the other side. A tab is cut from a portion of the pad and has an interlacing sur-face on the end thereof such as "Yelcr~ so that the tab can be wr~pped around the cord and the interlacing means on the end of the tab engaged with the intex-YF~rrc~ 1~ r/~

~d g twining fabric surface of the pad. ~ike Thomas, this device will hold ~ cord very securel~ but does not allow movement o~ the cord upon manipulation o~ the device to which the cord is att~ched.
05 Another tube holder is shown in U.S. Patent ~o.
3,782,388 to Page for 1'Medical Tube Holder" wherein stretchable cord is connected to a pad which is ad~
hesively adhered to a hu~an bocly. The other end of the stretchable cord has an annul~r clip portlon which is removably attached to a cord and allows some movement of the cord on the patlent as the patient moves.
However, there is no teaching of providing a nesting place on the pad for a sur~ical instrument when not in use.

~is-closure of t~e InYehtion In accordance with this invention a device is provided for releasably supporting a surgical instru-ment and a tube or wire connected thereto. This de~ice comprises an attachment pad having an adhesive coating on a ~irst side thereof for s~curing the pad to a permanent fixture. A tube-holding strip having a resilient foam layer on one side and a fabric layer of intertwining material on the other side has a tab attached adjacent one end thereof. This tab extends coextensively with at least a portion of the foam layer side and has interlacing means on the side facing the foam layer so that when the foam layer is looped around a tube or wire the tab overlaps the fabric siae o the strip whereupon the interlacing means is engagable with the intertwining materials to releasably hold the tube and wire. The device additionally includes a resilient connecting strap having one ena connected to the attachment pad and the other end connected ~o t~e tu~e-holding strip so th~t the tube ~r wire is held in ~

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predetermlned place but is yieldably mov~ble in response to ~anipulation o~ the su~gical instrument so as not to restr~in moVement of the instru~ent.
In one embodiment, the att~chment pad has an 05 intertwining surface on the opposite side ~rom the adhesive surface and an aktachment strip havin~ an adhesive coatiny ~n one s~de is attached $o a suxgic~l instrument and has a surface of interlacing material ~n the other side fox engagement with the intertwining surface of the pad to provide a nesting place for the instrument when it is not in use.
With this invention, a simple yet highly useful and novel device is provided which will hold surgical instrument tubes or cords in a relatively fi~ed posi-tion, hut allows some yielding due to the resiliency ofthe connecting strap so that the surgical i.nstrument can be easily ~anipulated. Furthermore, the attachment pad can provide the dual function of anchoring one end of the xesilient connecting strap and of proviaing a nesting place for the tool when not in useO
It will be understood as used herein that wherever the word "tubel' is used that it is intended to include an electrical conduit or wire and wherever the term "surgical instrument" is use~ it is intended to include any medical device which must be manipulated or ad-justed in use and has wires or tubes attached to itn Other ad~antages of this invention will become apparent from the description which f~llows, taken in conjuncti~n with the accompanying drawings~
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view o~ a patient opera-ting table or an examina~ion table showing two forms of the tube holder of thls in~ention;

FIG. 2 is an enl~rged p~rspectiye vie~ showing the use of the attach~ent pad as a nesting place ~or a surgical instrument;
FIG. 3 is an exploded pe~spective view o~ the pad 05 of ~IG. 2 showing the det~ils o~ the construction thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view o~ the tube-holding stri~ shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
FIG. 5 is a side ele~ation ~ the tube-holding strap o~ FIG. 4; and FIG. 6 is a side elevation, of the ~ube-holding strap of FI~. 5, but showing a tube ln place.

Des~ription of t~e Preferred Embodimen*s . . .
. In accordance with this invent~on, a d~ice for releasably supportin~ a surgical instrument and a tube or wire connected thereto is provided. As best seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, the device can be used with an examina~
tion or operating table 10. The table is adjustable up and down on a support 12 and is provided with an x-ray unit 14 supported over the table from an àrm 16 at-tached to a column 18.
A surgical instrument or other medical operati~e device 20 is connected to a hose 22 and is manipulated by the doctor or nurse as required during a surgical or operative procedure. Conveniently, one supporting device is attached to the upper surface of the table or surgical drape by means of pad P which is intercon-nected with a tube-hold.ing strip S by means of a resilient strap 24. A second holding device has a pad 30 P~ attached to a`surface o~ ~-ray unit 14 and is interconnected ~y a resilient strap 24 with tu~e-holding strip S, all as seen in FIG~ 1~ It will understood that the holding device could hold elec-trical wires as well as tubes and various types of suryical devices or instruments can be used other than the irrigat~on device illustrated.
~ s can best be seen in FIG. 3, p~d P co~prises a fabric layer 26 having an adhesive surface on one side 05 thereof for adhesively applyin~ the pad to the table or surgical drape~ Conveniently, layer 26 is protected by a removeable cover 28 prior to use. The other side of fabric layer 26 is permanently attached to a nesting surface 30 having a relatively loosely woven inter-twining material thereon. Conveniently, lnstrument 20has an attach~ent strip 32 adhesively attached -thereto and having a surface of interlacing material with a plurality of small hooks, such as "Velcro" which releasably interlocks with the intertwining surface of the pad to provide a nesting place for the instrument when not in use.
Pad P also is providea with an eyelet 34 through which a resilient strap 24 is attached as shown. This strap may be made of any resilient matexial but in practice a rubberband has been found to be entirely satisfactory.
Conveniently, the other end of strap 24 is con-nected to holding-strip S whose structure can best be seen in FIGS. 2, 4, 5 and 6. Strip S includes a length o foam material 36 con~eniently attached to a layer o supporting material 38, such as a piece of fabric. A
tab comprising a second strip of fabric 40 is connected to one end of the foam material, as by an eyelet 42, the other end of strip 40 being provided with a layer of interlacing material 44, such as "Velcro". ~s best seen in FIGS. 2 and S t the foam material 36 can ~e wrapped around tube 22 and interlacing material 44 on the tab 40 brought into contact with the fabric sup-porting materi~l su$~ace 38 t~ hold the tube in place.
Thus, the holdi~g deyice sho~n serVes ~ dual pu~pose of .
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providing a nesting or holding place for the instrument when not in place on top o~ the pad ~nd also proYide resilient holding means for the tube providing some movement for the tube when the instrument ls being 05 manipulated by the user. A second embodiment as shown in FIG. 1 wherein p~d P' is o~ generally rectangular coniguration, althouyh the particular shape is un important, which is att~ched to the x-ray unit and supports a tube but does not ser~e as a nesting place for a surgical instrument.
From the foregoing, the advantages of this inven-tion are xeadily apparent. A surgical instrument and tube-holding device has been provided which has the - function in one embodiment of releasibly holding a tube in a relatively fixed position but allowiny it to be moved in response to manipulation of the instrument by the user. Another embodiment, the ~evice provides a dual function of not only holding a tube but also providing a nesting place for the instrument when it is not in use.
The invention has been described in ~etail with particular reference to praferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modi-fications can be effected within the spirit and scope o the invention.

Claims (10)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A device for releasably supporting a surgical instrument and a tube or wire connected thereto, said device comprising:
an attachment pad having an adhesive coating on a first side thereof for securing said pad to a perma-nent fixture;
a tube holding strip having a resilient foam layer on one side and a fabric layer of intertwining ma-terial on the opposite side;
a tab attached to said strip adjacent one end thereof and extending coextensively with at least a por-tion of said foam layer side, said tab having interlac-ing means on the side thereof facing said foam layer so that when said foam layer is looped around a tube or wire said tab overlaps the fabric side of said strip whereupon said interlacing means is engagable with said intertwining material to releasably hold the tube or wire; and a resilient connecting strap having one end con-nected to said attachment pad and the other end con-nected to said tube holding strip so that the tube or wire is held in a predetermined place but is yieldably movable in response to manipulation of the surgical instrument so as not to restrain movement of the in-strument.
2. A device, as Claimed in Claim 1, further includ-ing:
a first eyelet in said pad; and a second eyelet in said one end of said strip said one end of said connecting strap being connected to said first eyelet and said other end of said strap being connected to said second eyelet.
3. A device, as claimed in Claim 2, wherein:
said first eyelet is adjacent the edge of said pad.
4. A device, as claimed in Claim 2, wherein:
said second eyelet attaches said tab to said strip.
5. A device, as claimed in Claim 1, wherein:
said strap is a rubber band.
6. A device for releasably supporting a surgical instrument and a tube or wire connected thereto, said device comprising:
an attachment pad having an adhesive coating on a first side thereof for securing said pad to a surgi-cal drape, and an intertwining surface on the opposite second side;
a tube holding strip having a resilient foam layer on one side and a fabric layer of intertwining material on the opposite side;
a tab attached to said strip adjacent one end thereof and extending coextensive with at least a por-tion of said foam layer side, said tab having interlac-ing means on the side thereof facing said foam layer so that when said foam layer is looped around a tube or wire said tab overlaps the fabric side of said strip so that said interlacing means is engagable with said in-tertwining material to releasably hold said tube or wire;
a resilient connecting strap having one end con-nected to said attachment pad and the other end connect-ed to said tube holding strip so that the tube or wire is held in a predetermined place but is yieldably mov-able in response to manipulation of the surgical in-strument so as not to restrain movement of the instru-ment; and an attachment strip having an adhesive coating on one side for attaching it to a surgical instrument and a surface of interlacing material on the other side for engagement with said intertwining surface of said pad to provide a nesting place for the instrument when not in use.
7. A device, as claimed in Claim 6, further including:
a first eyelet in said pad; and a second eyelet in said one end of said tube holding strip, said one end of said connecting strap being connected to said first eyelet and said other end of said strap being connected to said second eyelet.
8. A device as claimed in Claim 7, wherein:
said first eyelet is adjacent the edge of said pad.
9. A device as claimed in Claim 7, wherein:
said second eyelet attaches said tab to said strip.
10. A device as claimed in Claim 6, wherein:
said strap is a rubber band.
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