US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Oct. 21 for "Securement device having an integral strap and dressing" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,314, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Securement device having an integral strap and dressing" was invented by Rafael V. Andino (Grayson, Ga.) and Christopher J. Brooks (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A securement device for securing a catheter includes a retainer, a strap, a first anchor pad and a second anchor pad, a gap separating an edge of the first anchor pad from an adjacent edge of the second anchor pad. The retainer can include a first base member secured to an upper surface of the first anchor pad, a second base member secured to an upper surface of the second an...