Upper lip mounted retaining means for medical-surgical tubes

摘要: A non-adhesive retaining device for medical-surgical tubes, such as endotracheal tubes or nasal cannulae, have a soft plastic staging member held by headband in contact with the upper lip adjacent to nose latex rubber cuff band grasping tube. This assembly forms sanitary type simple mount that engages skin hold tube place at facial entrance. The grasps secure it without lateral, rotational axial movement. serves comfortable flexible means will conform normal body movement and handling irritation when contacting area has center protruding arm extending an angle retain its end surrounds position entry straight into passage bending rubbing on rim of patients nostril mouth case may be. is reversible extend tubing convenient either mouth.