Patent ID: 9656045
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
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.