Means for anchorage of surgical fluid injection and drainage tubes

Claim 1

A FASTENER FOR A SURGICAL TUBE INSERTED INTO A HUMAN BODY, COMPRISING: A PORTION OF NON-TOXIC PLASTIC SSHEET MATERIAL HAVING A COATING OF ADHESIVE ON ONE FACE THEREOF, FOR ADHESIVE ATTACHMENT OF SAID STRIP TO SAID BODY, SAID FASTNER HAVING APERTURES FOR PASSAGE OF SAID TUBE THERETHROUGH AND HAVING SLITS EXTENDING FROM SAID APERTURES TO MARGINS THEREOF, FOR RECEPTION OF SAID TUBE INTO SAID APERTURES, WHEREBY SAID FFASTENER MAY BE ADHESIVELY ATTACHED TO SAID BODY TO CLOSE SAID SLITS AND TO THEREBY SECURE SAID TUBE IN SAID APERTURES, SAID FASTENERS BEING IN THE FORM OF A STAR OF AT LEAST THREE ARMS AND HAVING AT LEAST THREE OF SAID APERTURES AND THE SAME NUMBER OF SLITS EXTENDING FROM RESPECTIVE APERTURES TOMARGINS OF RESPECTIVE ARMS OF SAID STAR, WHEREBY SAID TUBE MAY BE PASSED INWARDLY THROUGH ONE OF SAID APERATURE, THENCE BETWEEN A CENTRAL WEB OF SAID STAR AND THE SKIN OF SAID BODY, THENCE OUTWARDLY THROUGH ANOTHER OF SAID APERTURES, THENCE ABOVE SAID WEB, AND THENCE INWARDLY THROUGH THE THIRD APERTURE AND INTO SAID BODY, THE PORTION OF SAID TUBE BETWEEN SAID WEB AND SAID SKIN BEING ADHESIVELY ENGAGED BENEATH SAID WEB TO PREVENT SLIPPAGE OF THE TUBE RELATIVE TO SAID FASTENER.