Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
COMBINED SURGI~AL INSTRUMENT AND TUBE HOLDE~ DEYICE
Techni~al Fleld
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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-
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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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_rief Description o~ the Drawin~
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
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. 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
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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.
