Intravenous anchor and wound shield

Claim 1

An intravenous catheter and anchoring set comprising: a substantially flexible anchor-base having forward and rearward sides and right and left end portions, said base being elongated from right to left, said base having a first side that can form the inner skin-facing side of said base when said base is wrapped around a patient's arm, end-connecting means connecting said right and left end portions of said base together, and a catheter assembly, said catheter assembly having a hollow I.V. catheter having one end insertible into a patient's limb, a flexible tube attached to the other end of said catheter, and means securing said catheter assembly to said base, a skin anchor means of skin-gripping adhesive material secured to said base on and facing away from said inner skin-facing first side thereof and capable of adhering to the skin of a patient sufficiently to assist the attachment of said base to the arm of a patient by holding said base in place, said base having a notch means formed in at least one end thereof and providing forward and rearward bands and an interconnecting portion extending transversly to and between said band connecting said bands, the length of said base, each of said bands having a right end and a left end, said bands each having a length and flexibility for freely wrapping substantially completely about a patient's arm, means releasably attaching the ends of at least one of said bands together in an adjustable manner accomplishing variations in size of the space enclosed by said one band and defining said end-connecting means.