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Improved Dressing Design for Insertion Sheaths with Side Ports
TS-044969 — Dressing designed and tailored exclusively for insertion sheaths with side ports, used frequently for pulmonary artery catheters (PACs or Swan-Ganz catheters) among other intravascular devices in the hospital.
Central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) are a life-threatening and extremely costly problem in hospitals around the world. When patients in the hospital have indwelling catheters such as pulmonary artery catheters, they are at an increased risk of developing infections. Occlusive…
- College: OSU Wexner Medical Center
- Inventors: Warren, Samantha; Thomas, Jordan
- Licensing Officer: Bhatti, Hamid
Intravenous (IV) Access Port Seal
TS-039406 — A device to discourage IV-drug-abusing patients from self-accessing their IV ports while in the hospital
Healthcare professionals desire a way to tell if an IV port has been accessed while also having the port sterile and accessible when needed. IV ports are increasingly used for chronic pain conditions, but self-access, specifically in patients dealing with drug abuse, can lead to a host of problems…
- College: OSU Wexner Medical Center
- Inventors: Prenger, Karen; Chucta, Sheila
- Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya
