Gerard J Carlucci

US Patent:

20030034030, Feb 20, 2003

Filed:

Aug 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/930398

Inventors:

Christine Carlucci - Staten Island NY, US
Gerard Carlucci - Staten Island NY, US

International Classification:

A62B007/00
A62B009/00
A61M015/00
A61M016/00
A62B018/00

US Classification:

128/200240

Abstract:

This invention relates to a device designed to comfortably and efficiently maintain medical tubing in place on the head of a hospitalized patient. The device comprises a substantially circular member fabricated from an elastic material, with one or more integrated loops. The circular member engages the head of the patient, and the elastic property of the circular member serves to secure it to the head of the patient comfortably without causing constriction of blood vessels or skin irritation. The integrated loops can receive medical tubing such as that associated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) delivery systems, nasal- and oral-gastric feeding tubes, pH probes, oral suction tubes, gastric secretion tubes and tubes used for intravenous drug delivery.