Patent ID: 8628511

Claim:
A method of anchoring a catheter, comprising: advancing the catheter though a skin penetration point of a patient's body; directing an anchor device toward the skin penetration point that is occupied by a portion of the catheter, the anchor device comprising: a retainer body to releasably couple to an external portion of the catheter arranged outside the patient's body, 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; and inserting the first and second anchors through the skin penetration point that is occupied by the catheter so that at least a portion of each of the first and second anchors is deployed in a subcutaneous region proximate the skin penetration point, wherein said at least a portion of each of the first and second anchors deployed in the subcutaneous region comprises a flexible tine, 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.