Patent ID: 8114054

Claim:
A securement system for anchoring a medical article to a body of a patient, the securement system comprising: a fitting attached to the medical article and having a pair of wings, each wing extending laterally beyond a body of the fitting; a securement device including a mounting surface for attaching the securement device to the patient's body; and a retainer being supported at least partially by the mounting surface and defining a receiving area, the retainer comprising a base and a plurality of clips that extend from the base, the clips being spaced apart by a distance that substantially equals a distance across a portion of the pair of wings of the fitting, each clip including an abutment section to abut against a corresponding outer edge of one of the pair of wings and a tang, the tang being disposed above the receiving area at a height equal to or greater than a transverse thickness of the pair of wings at a location along a longitudinal axis at the corresponding outer edge but less than a transverse thickness of a lateral cross section through the body at the location along the longitudinal axis, and at least two of the plurality of clips being disposed adjacent to a generally longitudinally facing surface of the pair of wings so as to prevent the fitting from being pulled through the securement device in both forward and backward longitudinal directions.