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  Iv port holder and iv portUSPTO Application #: 20080027395Title: Iv port holder and iv port Abstract: A housing for an IV port, the housing including two or more joinable shell portions sized and shaped to accommodate an IV port when joined, and means for usably attaching the two or more joined shell portions accommodating the IV port to a mount. A method for administering an IV fluid to a subject that includes providing a housing for an IV port. The method includes the housing having two or more joinable shell portions sized and shaped to accommodate an IV port when joined, and means for usably attaching the two or more joined shell portions accommodating the IV port to a mount. Further, attaching the housing to the mount and administering the IV fluid to the individual. An alternate embodiment is an IV port having an integrally formed non-fluid carrying engagement element that engages an attachment site on a mount, so as to secure the IV port. (end of abstract)
Agent: Kevin M. Farrell Pierce Atwood - Portsmouth, NH, US Inventors: Theodore Rintel, Chi Lam Yau, Mark MacMahon USPTO Applicaton #: 20080027395 - Class: 604192 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080027395. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]1. Field of the Invention [0002]The invention relates to an IV port holding device and a method of use, as well as an IV port. The IV port holder includes a housing for an IV port that has two or more joinable shell portions sized and shaped to accommodate an IV port when joined. Further the housing provides means for usably attaching the two or more joined shell portions so as to attach the IV port to a mount. According to another embodiment of the invention, the IV port includes an integrally formed non-fluid carrying engagement element that engages an attachment site on a mount, thereby securing the IV port. [0003]2. Discussion of Background Information [0004]Conventional IV ports are in-line fittings positioned within a fluid delivery line. At one end of the fluid delivery line is a bulk IV source, typically a plastic bag, containing a fluid to be delivered intravenously to a patient. The fluid may be nothing more than buffered saline intended to keep a patient hydrated. Alternatively, the fluid may provide other nutrients or medications. At the other end of the fluid delivery line is an aperture that provides access to a vein of the patient. [0005]It is known in the art that in-line fittings referred to as IV ports are spliced within the delivery line at a point intermediate between the veinous access point and the bulk IV source. The IV port typically includes a fluid delivery channel, which maintains fluid communication between the bulk IV source and the veinous access point, as well as an introduction port that is in fluid communication with the fluid delivery channel via an introduction port channel. The introduction port is sealed in such a way that fluid may be introduced in a sterile manner from an introduction means, typically a syringe. Thus, the IV port enables a physician or licensed professional to administer quantities of a drug, which is carried into the circulatory system of the patient with the fluid administered from the bulk IV fluid source. [0006]Generally, the above-mentioned introduction port can have different structural arrangements, for example one particular arrangement can consist of a tube end having a combination elastomeric plug and cap 23 mounted onto the tube end (see FIG. 1). In particular, the elastomeric plug usually is inserted into the end of the tube, and the cap extends across the end and down the sides of the IV port. Using a syringe with a needle, the physician or licensed professional injects the prescribed fluid through a hole in the plug, such that when the needle is removed, the hole in the plug or cap closes. Another particular structural arrangement for the above-mentioned introduction port can be a Luer lock 24, which is a type of fitting connector having a locking mechanism to secure a syringe (see FIG. 2). [0007]However, a significant problem associated with known IV port holders, which is the lack of necessary support to the IV port while a physician or licensed professional is administering a prescribed fluid. A common practice for physicians or licensed professionals is to temporarily secure the IV port holder to the surrounding area of the patient using for example surgical tape. Aside from being inconvenient, time-consuming and unreliable, such ad hoc approaches can lead to needle-stick accidents that can transmit diseases. [0008]What is needed therefore is an IV port holder and/or IV port that can be securely fastened within the surrounding area of the patient thereby enabling the physician or licensed professional to administer prescribes fluids using only one hand. As is discussed below, this is particularly important in the anesthesiology specialty as the physician is typically manipulating a gas mask with one hand while administering a drug through the IV port. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009]The present invention relates to an IV port housing which is useful in securing an IV port. In a preferred embodiment, the IV port housing comprises two or more joinable shell portions sized and shaped to accommodate an IV port when joined. The preferred embodiment also includes means for usably attaching the two or more joined shell portions accommodating the IV port to a mount. The expression "usably attaching" is intended to mean securing the IV port in a manner that enables a physician or licensed professional to inject a prescribed fluid into an injection port in the IV port. Preferably, the IV port is held so securely that the physician or licensed professional can administer the contents of a syringe into the injection port of the IV port using one hand if necessary. For example, in the context of anesthesiology, the present invention enables the physician or licensed professional to use one hand to hold a mask over the patient's nose and mouth, while at the same time using their other hand to administer the prescribed fluid into the IV port. [0010]The invention provides a housing for an IV port, wherein the housing includes two or more joinable shell portions sized and shaped to accommodate an IV port when joined. The housing includes the means for usably attaching the two or more joined shell portions to a mount. In preferred embodiments, the joinable shell portions are formed from molded or machined plastic and are connected by a live hinge. [0011]According to another feature of the invention, the housing can include the means for securing joined shell portions in a joined configuration. For example, means employed for this purpose is a matter of design choice and a wide range of options would be recognized by one skilled in the art. The means for securing joined shell portions can be selected from a group consisting of friction, clip and snap fittings formed from cooperating elements on opposing joinable shell portions. The means for securing the joined shell portions can be selected from a group consisting of a tension loading device and/or a non-integral fastening device. [0012]According to another feature of the invention, the means for usably attaching the joined IV port housing accommodating the IV port to a mount can include a formed element that engages an attachment site on the mount. Further, the engagement between the formed element and the attachment site can be indexable. In preferred embodiments the formed element may be shaped as a post or shaft, wherein the post or shaft can include portions of the two or more joinable shell portions. Further, the post or shaft can be shaped for indexable engagement with an indexing mount. Further still, the formed element can be selected from a group consisting of a snap element, a friction element and a clip element. The formed element may also slideably engage a cooperating element on the mount. In preferred embodiments the mount can include a bracket attached to a portion of an operating table. [0013]In another aspect, the present invention that relates to a method for administering an IV fluid to a subject. The method includes providing a housing for an IV port, wherein the housing includes two or more joinable shell portions sized and shaped to accommodate an IV port when joined, and means for usably attaching the two or more joined shell portions accommodating the IV port to a mount. Further, the method provides joining the two or more joinable shell portions about an IV port, so as to accommodate the IV port. Further still, the method includes providing additional elements required to establish fluid communication from an IV solution source to the circulatory system of the subject through the IV port. The method further provides attaching the housing accommodating the IV port to the mount and administering the IV fluid to the individual. [0014]Another aspect of the invention includes an IV port relates to an integrally formed non-fluid carrying engagement element that engages an attachment site on a mount, so as to secure the IV port. Further, the IV port provides an engagement element, which is rotationally adjustable in the engaged position. Further still, the rotational adjustment may be indexable. The integrally formed non-fluid carrying engagement element can be selected from a group consisting of a snap element, a friction element, and a clip element. Further, the integrally formed non-fluid carrying engagement element may slideably engage the attachment site on the mount. [0015]Other exemplary embodiments and advantages of the present invention may be ascertained by reviewing the present disclosure and the accompanying drawing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0016]The present invention is further described in the detailed description which follows, in reference to the noted plurality of drawings by way of non-limiting examples of exemplary embodiments of the present invention, in which like reference numerals represent similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings, and wherein: [0017]FIG. 1 shows an inside open view of a housing according to an embodiment of the invention; [0018]FIG. 2 shows an inside open view of the housing according to an aspect of the invention of FIG. 1, such that the IV port includes a Luer lock; [0019]FIG. 3 shows an inside open view of the housing according to an aspect of the invention of FIG. 1 without the IV port; [0020]FIG. 4 shows closed view of the housing according to an aspect of the invention of FIG. 1 that is accommodating the IV port with a Luer lock; [0021]FIG. 5 is another embodiment of the invention showing an IV port having an integrally formed non-fluid carrying engagement element; Continue reading... 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