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System for anchoring medical devices

  • US 9,656,045 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2015
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An anchor system for securing the position of a catheter, comprising:

  • an anchor device configured to releasably secure to an external portion of a catheter while another portion of the catheter occupies a skin opening, the anchor device including;

    a retainer base comprising a flexible hinge region having an upwardly facing channel to frictionally engage with the external portion of the catheter, and one or more subcutaneous anchors that are positioned distally from a distal end of the retainer base to anchor in the skin opening, each anchor comprising;

    a longitudinal shaft portion that extends in a distal direction to a position that is distal of the distal end of the retainer base, and a flexible tine that deploys in a subcutaneous region to secure the retainer base relative to the skin opening,wherein each flexible tine of said one or more subcutaneous anchors is pivotable along the flexible hinge region about a pivot axis that extends below the upwardly facing channel of the flexible hinge region so as to adjust said one or more subcutaneous anchors from a deployed configuration to a removal configuration.

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