Patent ID: 9452269
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing stable support of a needle to be introduced into a patient, comprising the steps of: on an extracorporeal surface of a patient, placing a bottom surface of body at a location over a site to be penetrated by a needle, said body also having a top surface consisting of uninterrupted support material completely throughout said body so that said body has no pre-formed open passages between said top surface and said bottom surface, said support material exhibiting material strength properties that self-support said needle selected from the group consisting of a visco-elastic coefficient and density; and independently of said body, selecting a non-perpendicular angle with respect to said extracorporeal surface of the patient and inserting said needle into said site at the selected non-perpendicular angle, by first piercing said top surface of said body with said needle and passing said needle in a path through said top and bottom surfaces and through a volume in said body consisting entirely of said support material into said site and mechanically self-supportingly holding said needle along an entirety of said path solely with said volume of said support material to maintain said needle at said selected non-perpendicular angle at said site.