PICC Line Arm from Care + Wear

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My good friend Chait Razdan started a company that makes arm bands that go over PICC Lines. You can customize the arm bands for a charity you want to support (hello Ben's Friends) or for a message you want to spread. It's a cool new medical product so I wanted to share it here. You can pre-buy it through Indiegogo here (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-band-improving-life-for-picc...).

There is no financial relationship although we may do a print for Ben's Friends if people like the idea. - Scott

From Chait:

Today we are proud to announce the official launch of Care + Wear. With cutting-edge designs and features, we hope to be able to help comfort, protect and inspire patients with fashionable medical accessories that also help support our foundation partners. Everyone has had a close friend or family member undergo some type of medical treatment and witnessed just how taxing it is; lives are completely altered for both the patient and their caretakers. Having experienced it first hand, Susan, Caroline and I combined our backgrounds to create a functional and fashionable treatment accessory that provides protection while increasing comfort during treatment.

We’re proud to have an experienced advisory board consisting of doctors, nurses, strategic growth and marketing professionals and successful entrepreneurs who have each dedicated countless hours to helping build Care + Wear. We proudly call the American Cancer Society, F Cancer and the Tyler Robinson Foundation partners. Most importantly, we’ve spoken to patients and asked for their feedback as well. We’ve heard countless stories of how the Band would have, and could improve a patient’s journey through long-term medical care. We are more inspired to bring our dream to life every day.

All the funds pledged will help us manufacture and distribute the first Bands to hospitals and patients, with a portion being donated to our foundation partners. Click on the link below to pre-buy a band or donate a band to a patient in need: http://igg.me/at/careandwear. It’s about time that we did something to help patients and their families. So join us, this is only the beginning.

Buy a Band. Support a Cause.

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This is great!! I just ordered one! I just had a PICC line for a few weeks for Ketamine treatments for trigeminal neuralgia and anesthesia dolorosa. I wish I had this band!! May I also suggest something to go over the PICC line that makes it waterproof!! I had soooo much trouble keeping it dry while bathing, washing my hair etc. I tried saran Wrap, painters plastic, gauze, bioclusives everything to keep it dry. I wish they made a sleeve that was water proof you could just pop on, that would be amazing!!! Thank you for sending me this information. And thanks to everyone contributing!!

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Really cool idea!! I like it. :slight_smile:

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R.SKI said it all perfectly. Maybe this new band to hold saran wrap or other waterproof cover over the PICC Line is one possible solution. I spent more time preparing to take showers than taking showers in order to keep the PICC Line dry. Remember, one arm is held still and you can work with only one hand unless you have help.

I wonder if these smart guys who developed the arm band have a solution for water -proof covering Duragesic patches (search on "duragesic" then look for images to see the problem of covering medicine patches for water proofing to take a shower. Bathtubs are not possible. These patches provide constant med doses for ketamine, fentanyl and other drugs. Hope to hear some good ideas because the size of these patches varies considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer so that waterproof band-aids are often not big enough.

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I talked to Susan Jones Co-founder of care+wear bands. She tells me unfortunately the bands are not waterproof. .because the dressing has to be able to breathe…but she’s gotten that request before so they are hoping to have a solution in the future!! :slight_smile: