Multi-purpose securement strip for use on the body of a patient

Claim 1

An elongated multi-purpose securement strip for anchoring at least one medical device on a patient, said securement strip comprising an elongated, flat base strip having upper and lower surfaces, an adhesive coating on said lower surface of said base strip to attach said base strip to said surface, an elongated flat cover strip having upper and lower surfaces and being of the same dimensions as and co-extensive with said base strip, a first portion of said cover strip including an end thereof being affixed to a corresponding portion of said upper surface of said base strip, a second portion of said cover strip being releasably and resealably affixable to said base strip upper surface by releasable and resealable adhesive and being shiftable between an open position and a closed position adhered to said upper surface of said base strip, a narrow liner element permanently affixed to said lower surface of said second portion of said cover strip and extending transversely at the free end thereof, converting said free end of said second portion of said cover strip to a pull tab for shifting said second portion of said cover strip from said closed to said open position, said base strip and cover strip being made of medical grade cloth, foam or plastic tape, two removable and disposable protective liners for said adhesive coating on said lower surface of said base strip, said liners having opposed end edges meeting at about the longitudinal center of said base strip and extending transversely thereof, a narrow liner element permanently affixed to said lower surface of said base strip and extending transversely thereof at the longitudinal center thereof, said narrow liner element underlying said opposed end edges of said protective liners enabling said opposed end edges to serve as pull tabs for removal of said two protective liners.