Patent ID: 9550045
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. An anchor configured to maintain a portion of a therapy delivery element within a desired location of a patient, the anchor comprising: a body comprising an elastic material, wherein the body forms a lumen extending from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, wherein the lumen is configured to be disposed about the outer surface of the therapy delivery element, and compressibly engage the outer surface of the therapy delivery element to hold the anchor in place about the therapy delivery element, wherein, when in a relaxed state, a cross-section of the lumen is smaller than a cross-section of the therapy delivery element at the outer surface of the therapy delivery element, wherein the anchor may be stretched such that the lumen becomes larger than the cross-section of the therapy delivery element to facilitate positioning the anchor about the therapy delivery element, wherein the body forms two or more channels that facilitate radial stretching of the anchor using a pronged tool, wherein the two or more channels are radially positioned on opposing sides of the lumen, and wherein radially stretching the body via the channels using the pronged tool reduces a holding force of the anchor on the therapy delivery element when the anchor is disposed about the outer surface of the therapy delivery element to facilitate adjusting a position of the anchor relative to the therapy delivery element when the lumen is engaged with the outer surface of the therapy delivery element.