Applying and securing percutaneous or transcutaneous probes to the skin especially for fetal monitoring

Claim 1

A device for detachably securing a bio-medical monitoring means which means comprises an elongated probe, into or through the surface tissue of an organ of an organism, such as the skin, the device comprising a surface base for attachment to the organ, having substantially cylindrically shaped rear and front body portions, with the latter having an operative end from which the operative part of the probe protrudes when in place, said operative end having a front surface, the area of which is substantially greater than the cross-sectional area of the protruding operative part of the probe, said front surface having means shaped for application to organ surfaces which are irregular, curved or deformable and for enabling the organs's surface tissue to be drawn away from the body of the organ when said base is being attached to the organ, said base defining a substantially centrally located passageway through said rear and front body portions and a corresponding aperture in said front surface for receiving the probe, at least the operative end of said front portion of the base having means for minimizing movement of the operative part of the probe due to tilting, torquing or other forces experienced by the probe remotely from the operative part thereof and for distributing such forces over a surface area of the organ which extends beyond the organ surface underlying said front surface, said base having means for securing the probe fixedly yet detachably in or through the surface tissue of the organ, said securing means including first means mounted on said operative end of said front portion for rotatably attaching the base to the organ surface and second means associated to said passageway for cooperative engagement with the probe, said first and second means providing direct access through said base to the surface of the organ underlying said front surface.

Claim 2

A device for detachably securing a bio-medical monitoring means which means comprises an elongated probe, into or through the surface tissue of an organ of an organism, such as the skin, the device comprising a surface base for attachment to the organ, having substantially cylindrically shaped rear and front body portions, with the latter having an operative end from which the operative part of the probe protrudes when in place, said operative end having a front surface, the area of which is substantially greater than the cross-sectional area of the protruding operative part of the probe, said front surface having means shaped for application to organ surfaces which are irregular, curved or deformable and for enabling the organs's surface tissue to be drawn away from the body of the organ when said base is being attached to the organ, said base defining a substantially centrally located passageway through said rear and front body portions and a corresponding aperture in said front surface for receiving the probe, at least the operative end of said front portion of the base having means for minimizing movement of the operative part of the probe due to tilting, torquing or other forces experienced by the probe remotely from the operative part thereof and for distributing such forces over a surface area of the organ which extends beyond the organ surface underlying said front surface, said base having means for securing the probe fixedly yet detachably in or through the surface tissue of the organ, said securing means including first means mounted on said operative end of said front portion for rotatably attaching the base to the organ surface and second means associated to said passageway for cooperative engagement with the probe, said first and second means providing direct access through said base to the surface of the organ underlying said front surface.