Garment clip
A clip for attaching a flexible cable or tube to clothing. The clip comprises a body and a clasp for attaching the body of the clip to clothing. The body comprises at least one receiving formation in the form of a resiliently deformable channel for receiving a flexible cable or tube.
1. A device for securing a catheter to a garment on a patient, the device comprising:
a garment facing side and a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side;
a body having a garment facing side, a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side, and a surface along the non-garment facing side;
a flexible tab, the tab having a garment facing side, a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side, and a surface along the non-garment facing side;
a resiliently deformable channel disposed at the non-garment facing side of the device and configured to releasably secure the catheter, the channel disposed between the body and the tab and having an opening at the non-garment facing side of the device defined by adjacent edges of the body and tab surfaces and that is substantially planar with the body and tab surfaces,
wherein the tab is resiliently maneuverable to increase or decrease a cross-sectional dimension of the channel to release or secure the catheter, respectively; and
a clasp disposed on the garment facing side of the body and configured to releasably secure the body of the device to the garment, wherein the clasp comprises a piercing member and a cover for receiving the piercing member, the cover being permanently coupled to the body.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the body includes a high friction material disposed within the channel, and wherein the high friction material is configured to resist longitudinal movement of the catheter along the channel.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the body comprises a flexible thermoplastic material and the high friction material is a low durometer thermoplastic elastomer.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the body includes a high durometer thermoplastic elastomer.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the catheter is a feeding tube.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the channel is a first channel and the device further comprises a second resiliently deformable channel configured to releasably secure a catheter.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein, when the device is secured to the garment, a longitudinal axis of the piercing member is substantially parallel to the garment facing side of the body.
8. A device for securing a catheter to a garment on a patient, the device comprising:
a garment facing side and a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side;
a body having a garment facing side, a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side, and a surface along the non-garment facing side;
a flexible tab, the tab having a garment facing side, a non-garment facing side opposite the garment facing side, and a surface along the non-garment facing side;
a resiliently deformable channel disposed at the non-garment facing side of the device and configured to releasably secure the catheter, the channel having an opening at the non-garment facing side of the device, wherein the opening is defined by adjacent edges of the body and tab surfaces and is substantially planar with the body and tab surfaces and wherein the tab is resiliently maneuverable to change a configuration of the channel, and further wherein
the channel has a first configuration in which the channel has a first cross-sectional dimension configured to restrain the catheter and
a second configuration in which the channel has a second cross-sectional dimension different than the first cross-sectional dimension and that allows insertion and removal of the catheter, and
a clasp disposed on the garment facing side of the body and configured to releasably secure the body of the device to the garment, the clasp comprising a piercing member and a cover configured to be positioned between a portion of the piercing member and the garment when the device is secured to the garment, the cover being permanently coupled to the body, wherein, at least when the device is secured to the garment, a longitudinal axis of the piercing member is substantially parallel to the garment facing side of the body.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the body includes a high friction material disposed within the channel, and wherein the high friction material is configured to resist longitudinal movement of the catheter along the channel.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the body comprises a flexible thermoplastic material and the high friction material is a low durometer thermoplastic elastomer.
11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the body includes a high durometer thermoplastic elastomer.
12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the catheter is a feeding tube.
13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the channel is positioned between the tab and the body.
14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the channel is a first channel and the device further comprises a second resiliently deformable channel configured to releasably secure a catheter.