Temporary retention device
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1. A device for coupling with a catheter device and for subcutaneously anchoring the catheter device to a patient, comprising:
- a catheter retainer body including a catheter-receiving channel extending in a longitudinal direction to a distal opening, the catheter-receiving channel being configured to releasably engage with an outer surface of a removably coupled catheter device; and
a subcutaneous anchor assembly that is spaced apart from the catheter-receiving channel and that includes;
a longitudinal extender assembly secured to the catheter retainer body and extending in a direction that is generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the catheter-receiving channel, andfirst and second flexible anchors extending outwardly away from a distal region of the longitudinal extender assembly, wherein when the removably coupled catheter device is positioned through a skin puncture, the first and second flexible anchors are contemporaneously insertable through the same skin puncture to subcutaneously deploy the first and second flexible anchors for tissue engagement along an underside of a skin layer so that a free end of the first flexible anchor extends generally oppositely away from a free end of the second flexible anchor,wherein the free end of the first flexible anchor terminates at a non-sharp tip, and wherein the free end of the second flexible anchor terminates at a non-sharp tip.
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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 coupling with a catheter device and for subcutaneously anchoring the catheter device to a patient, comprising:
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a catheter retainer body including a catheter-receiving channel extending in a longitudinal direction to a distal opening, the catheter-receiving channel being configured to releasably engage with an outer surface of a removably coupled catheter device; and a subcutaneous anchor assembly that is spaced apart from the catheter-receiving channel and that includes; a longitudinal extender assembly secured to the catheter retainer body and extending in a direction that is generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the catheter-receiving channel, and first and second flexible anchors extending outwardly away from a distal region of the longitudinal extender assembly, wherein when the removably coupled catheter device is positioned through a skin puncture, the first and second flexible anchors are contemporaneously insertable through the same skin puncture to subcutaneously deploy the first and second flexible anchors for tissue engagement along an underside of a skin layer so that a free end of the first flexible anchor extends generally oppositely away from a free end of the second flexible anchor, wherein the free end of the first flexible anchor terminates at a non-sharp tip, and wherein the free end of the second flexible anchor terminates at a non-sharp tip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device for coupling to a medical device and for subcutaneously anchoring the medical device to a patient, comprising:
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a retainer body including a channel extending to a distal facing opening and being configured to releasably engage with an outer surface of a medical device; and an anchor mechanism contacting the retainer body and being spaced apart from the channel of the retainer body, the anchor mechanism including;
a longitudinal extender apparatus secured to the catheter retainer body, and first and second flexible anchors extending outwardly away from a distal region of the longitudinal extender apparatus, each of the first and second flexible anchors terminating at a non-sharp tip, wherein the first and second flexible anchors are movable from a first position to a subcutaneously deployed position in which the first and second flexible anchors extend outwardly away from one another in generally opposite directions and are configured to engage tissue along an underside of a skin layer,wherein at least a portion of the longitudinal extender apparatus is laterally offset from the channel of the retainer body. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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