Patent ID: 8425467

Claim:
An H-shaped catheter tube anchoring device for securing a catheter tube to a patient comprising: a flexible, rectangular first side member having an upper portion, a lower portion, inner side, and an outer side; a flexible, rectangular second side member having a top portion, a bottom portion, an inner edge, and an outer edge, said side members adapted to be secured to the skin of a patient in closely-spaced, parallel relation; a rigid crossmember having top side, a bottom side, an outer first edge, an outer second edge, a front edge, and a rear edge, said outer first edge affixed to the center of the upper portion, near the inner side of said first side member and said second edge affixed to the center of the top portion, near the inner edge of said second side member, wherein the crossmember is more rigid than each of the first side member and the second side member; a retainer having a longitudinally disposed channel therein adapted to removably secure a catheter adaptor, said retainer mounted to the center of the top side of said crossmember; an indention in the rear edge of said crossmember and adjacent to said retainer, said indention configured to allow a catheter adaptor to be removably secured within said channel; a rigid first gripping tab mounted to the top side of said crossmember in vertical relation thereto and between said retainer right side and the first edge of said crossmember, said first gripping tab having a front side, a rear side, and a bottom edge, the bottom edge affixed to the top side of the crossmember in parallel position in relation to the front edge, wherein the first gripping tab is as rigid as the crossmember; a rigid second gripping tab mounted to the top side of said crossmember in vertical relation thereto and between said retainer left side and the second edge of said crossmember, said second gripping tab having a front wall, a rear wall and a lower edge, said lower edge affixed to the top side of the crossmember in parallel position in relation to the front edge, wherein the second gripping tab is as rigid as the crossmember; an adhesive layer on the lower portion of said first side member, on the bottom portion of said second side member, and on said crossmember; a backing removably covering said adhesive layer comprising: a rectangular first part, a rectangular second part, a L-shaped third part, and a L-shaped fourth part, said first part, second part, third part and fourth part having a backing removal extension piece.