Temporary retention device
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1. A device for securing a catheter relative to a skin opening of a patient that is occupied by the catheter, comprising:
- a catheter retainer body including a longitudinal channel configured to releasably engage with an outer surface of an external portion of a catheter; and
a subcutaneous anchor assembly in contact with the retainer body and spaced apart from the longitudinal channel of the retainer body, including;
a first flexible anchor having a first free end that terminates at a non-sharp tip, and a second flexible anchor having a second free end that terminates at a non-sharp tip, the second flexible anchor contemporaneously insertable with the first flexible anchor through a same skin opening as the catheter;
wherein the first and second flexible anchors are movable between a first position in which the first and second flexible anchors are positioned for insertion through the same skin opening to a subcutaneously deployed position in which the first free end of the first anchor and the second free end of the second anchor extend outwardly away from one another in generally opposite directions and are configured to engage tissue along an underside of the skin layer.
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Abstract
A retention device for anchoring indwelling catheters, sheath introducers, feeding tubes, ostomy bags or other medical devices beneath the skin of a patient includes an deployable section coupled to a medical device; following introduction into a patient, the deployable section is subcutaneously deployed, securely anchoring the device and coupled medical device for the duration of treatment.
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1. A device for securing a catheter relative to a skin opening of a patient that is occupied by the catheter, comprising:
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a catheter retainer body including a longitudinal channel configured to releasably engage with an outer surface of an external portion of a catheter; and a subcutaneous anchor assembly in contact with the retainer body and spaced apart from the longitudinal channel of the retainer body, including; a first flexible anchor having a first free end that terminates at a non-sharp tip, and a second flexible anchor having a second free end that terminates at a non-sharp tip, the second flexible anchor contemporaneously insertable with the first flexible anchor through a same skin opening as the catheter; wherein the first and second flexible anchors are movable between a first position in which the first and second flexible anchors are positioned for insertion through the same skin opening to a subcutaneously deployed position in which the first free end of the first anchor and the second free end of the second anchor extend outwardly away from one another in generally opposite directions and are configured to engage tissue along an underside of the skin layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device for securing a medical device relative to a skin opening of a patient that is occupied by the medical device, comprising:
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a medical device retainer body including a longitudinal channel configured to releasably engage with an outer surface of an external portion of a medical device; and a subcutaneous anchor assembly in contact with the retainer body and spaced apart from the longitudinal channel of the retainer body, including; a first flexible anchor having a first free end that terminates at a non-sharp tip, and a second flexible anchor having a second free end that terminates at a non-sharp tip, the second flexible anchor contemporaneously insertable with the first flexible anchor through a same skin opening as the medical device, the first and second flexible anchors movable between a first position in which the first and second flexible anchors are positioned for insertion through the same skin opening to a subcutaneously deployed position in which the first free end of the first anchor and the second free end of the second anchor extend outwardly away from one another in generally opposite directions and are configured to engage tissue along an underside of the skin layer; wherein when the medical device is releasably engaged by the retainer body and inserted through a skin puncture, the first and second flexible anchors are insertable through the same skin puncture to subcutaneously deploy the first and second flexible anchors for tissue engagement along the underside of the skin layer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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