Patent ID: 8494652

Claim:
An implantable anchor for anchoring a medical lead or a catheter, the anchor comprising: a stationary member including, a first lumen having a longitudinal axis and defined within the stationary member, a second lumen defined within the stationary member and linearly aligned with the first lumen, a first surface defined on the stationary member, an opening defined in the first surface having a center axis which is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the first lumen, a first strain relief portion having a first strain relief lumen longitudinally aligned with the first lumen, a second strain relief portion having a second strain relief lumen longitudinally aligned with the second lumen, a center portion housing the first lumen and the second lumen and coupled to the first strain relief portion on a first end and coupled to the second strain relief portion on a second end, and wherein the first strain relief portion and the second strain relief portion are formed from a first material and the center portion is formed from a second material, and the first material is flexible relative to the second material, a moveable member rotatably coupled to the stationary member, wherein the moveable member includes a second surface opposing the first surface, a shaft projecting from the second surface and sized to be partially housed in the opening, a third lumen defined within the shaft, and wherein when the moveable member can rotate with respect to the stationary member from an unlocked configuration where the third lumen is linearly aligned with the first and second lumens to a locked configuration wherein the third lumen is not linearly aligned to the first lumen.