Patent ID: 8657791
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A retainer for securing a medical article having a spin nut to a patient, the retainer comprising: two anchor pads, each including a lower adhesive surface for attaching to an epidermal layer of a patient and an upper surface; two supports attached to the upper surfaces of the two anchor pads; a curved rib connecting the two supports and having a downward facing interior, the interior having a truncated cross-sectional shape and being configured to receive at least a portion of the medical article in a snap fit manner so as to inhibit at least downward transverse movement of the medical article when the medical article is secured within the retainer, the rib having a first abutment disposed on a proximal side of the rib; a longitudinal access opening disposed on an underside of the curved rib to allow at least ingress of the portion of the medical article between the two supports and into the rib interior; and a cantilevered spine extending in a proximal direction from the rib and having a clip end, the clip end having a second abutment spaced a distance from the first abutment, the distance between the first abutment and the second abutment generally corresponding to a width of a spin nut, the spine being spaced in a transverse direction from the upper surfaces of the anchor pads, at least a portion of the spine between the rib and the second abutment of the clip end configured to contact the medical article so as to prevent upward transverse movement of the medical article.