Needle or catheter retaining appliance

Claim 1

An appliance for securely retaining a needle or catheter type device in operative position on a patient''s body, comprising a. a lengthwise longitudinally elongated pad having first and second elongated sections, the second section defining a flap extending lengthwise beyond the first section to be folded back over one side of the first section and over said device oriented relative to the sections to extend crosswise thereof and therebetween, b. first pressure sensitive adhesive means on the opposite side of the first section to adhere said first section to a patient''s body, and c. second pressure sensitive adhesive means on the pad to adhere the flap to said pad first section and to be adherent to said device, d. said first pressure sensitive adhesive means being interrupted to define primary and secondary extents with spacing therebetween to underlie said device, the pad flap extending substantially beyond said secondary extent of the first pressure sensitive means so as to be foldable back over said primary and secondary extents of the first pressure sensitive means as well as over said device, and there being peel-off backer strip means including primary and secondary portions respectively overlying said primary and secondary extents.