Patent ID: 8715295

Claim:
A device for coupling with a catheter device and for subcutaneously anchoring the catheter device to a patient, comprising: a catheter retainer body including a catheter-receiving channel extending in a longitudinal direction to a distal opening, the catheter-receiving channel being configured to releasably engage with an outer surface of a removably coupled catheter device; and a subcutaneous anchor assembly that is spaced apart from the catheter-receiving channel and that includes: a longitudinal extender assembly secured to the catheter retainer body and extending in a direction that is generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the catheter-receiving channel, and first and second flexible anchors extending outwardly away from a distal region of the longitudinal extender assembly, wherein when the removably coupled catheter device is positioned through a skin puncture, the first and second flexible anchors are contemporaneously insertable through the same skin puncture to subcutaneously deploy the first and second flexible anchors for tissue engagement along an underside of a skin layer so that a free end of the first flexible anchor extends generally oppositely away from a free end of the second flexible anchor, wherein the free end of the first flexible anchor terminates at a non-sharp tip, and wherein the free end of the second flexible anchor terminates at a non-sharp tip.