Patent ID: 6695861
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A device for subcutaneously anchoring a catheter within a patient, comprising:a. an anchor sleeve having a chamber defining at least a single port; b. an anchor mechanism loaded into the chamber, the anchor mechanism having; i. a control rod movable within the chamber between a first position and a second position, ii. a tine having a first end fixedly attached to the control rod, and a second free end, (1) the second end of the tine is capable of flexibly and repeatedly moving between a restrained position near the control rod and an unrestrained position away from the control rod, (2) the tine having a trained shape when in the unrestrained position, (3) the length of the tine is such that the tine is restrained within the chamber when the control rod is in the first position, and (4) the port is sized and located so the free end of the tine is proximate the port when the tine is in the first position; whereby moving the control rod from the first position to the second position causes the second end of the tine to exit the chamber through the port to at least partially assume the trained shape.