Patent ID: 7967792

Claim:
A securement system comprising: a medical article having a generally elongated body including a first body portion and a second body portion, and a side member disposed between the first and second body portions and projecting away from the body; and a retainer having a first channel portion and a second channel portion, the first and second channel portions defining an inner channel surface, the channel portions being disposed about a longitudinal axis of the retainer and having a length measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the retainer, the inner channel surface contacting the first and second body portions of the medical article along at least a substantial portion of the longitudinal lengths of the first and second channel portions, each channel portion curving about the longitudinal axis of the retainer by greater than 180° and defining an abutment surface, each abutment surface extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and together defining a slot between the first and second channel portions, the slot receiving the side member of the medical article with at least a portion of the side member projecting in a transverse downward direction below the inner channel surface of the retainer, a distance measured between the abutment surfaces along the longitudinal axis being substantially equal to the thickness of the side member of the medical article and being less than the combined longitudinal lengths of the first and second channel portions, and a base surface for supporting the retainer on the skin of the patient, the first and second channel portions being disposed relative to the base surface so that the longitudinal axis of the retainer defines an incident angle of approximately seven degrees with respect to the base surface.