Patent ID: 8235948

Claim:
An anchor device for securing a position of a catheter, comprising: a retainer body to releasably couple to the catheter when the catheter is inserted into a skin penetration point, the retainer body is configured to frictionally engage an outer surface of the catheter that is positioned external to the skin penetration point; and first and second anchors comprising external shaft portions that extend distally from a distal end of the retainer body and generally longitudinally toward the skin penetration point when the retainer body releasably couples to the catheter, each anchor comprising a flexible tine that is deployable into a subcutaneous region to secure the retainer body relative to the skin penetration point, the flexible tine of the first anchor being configured to extend outwardly away from the flexible tine of the second anchor when the flexible tines are deployed in the subcutaneous region, wherein the first and second anchors extend distally from the distal end of the retainer body such that the entire retainer body is arranged external to the skin penetration point when the flexible tines of the first and second anchors are deployed to extend outwardly away from one another in the subcutaneous region.