Patent ID: 7635354

Claim:
An assembly fixing a catheter to a patient, comprising: a catheter including a supporting base comprising a reservoir having a first end connected to a part of the catheter that is implanted in the patient and a second end connected to at least one external tube that is in fluid communication with the catheter through the reservoir, a fluid flow direction extending from the at least one external tube, through the reservoir, and to the part of the catheter implanted in the patient; a housing; a lid closing the housing; and a base integral to the housing and surrounding the housing, for fixation of the housing to skin of the patient, wherein the housing comprises first and second chambers which communicate with each other through a passage between the first and second chambers, the first chamber includes a bottom wall opening through which the part of the catheter that is implanted in the patient passes, the second chamber includes a bottom wall, the supporting base of the catheter that includes the reservoir is accommodated partially in the passage between the first and second chambers and partially in the second chamber, the first end of the reservoir is located at the first chamber in the passage and the second end of the reservoir is located in the second chamber, the supporting base of the catheter includes first and second wings respectively extending, transverse to the fluid flow direction, from opposite lateral faces of the supporting base, the lid includes, on an internal face, first and second pads generally parallel to the fluid flow direction and which, when the lid is closed, penetrate into the second chamber, respectively contact the first and second wings, and hold the supporting base of the catheter against the bottom wall of the second chamber, and the lid comprises, at the internal face, two external pads which, when the lid is closed, penetrate into the first chamber, are disposed on opposite sides of the part of the catheter that is implanted in the patient, substantially close the first chamber, and rest against the skin of the patient.