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Anchor Device and Method

  • US 20090326470A1
  • Filed: 09/03/2009
  • Published: 12/31/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of anchoring a medical device to skin of a patient, the method comprising:

  • inserting at least a portion of an elongate body through a dermis layer so that a subcutaneous anchor mechanism flexibly adjusts from an outwardly extending orientation to a first bent orientation in which free ends of the subcutaneous anchor mechanism extend toward a proximal end of the elongate body, wherein the elongate body comprises a body wall that at least partially defines a lumen to slideably receive a catheter and the subcutaneous anchor mechanism is coupled to the elongate body at a location proximal from a distal tip of the elongate body; and

    removing the elongate body from the dermis layer so that the subcutaneous anchor mechanism flexibly adjusts from a deployed orientation in a subcutaneous layer beneath the dermis layer to a second bent orientation in which the free ends of the subcutaneous anchor mechanism non-retractably extend toward the distal tip of the elongate body when the anchor mechanism exits through the dermis layer.

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