Patent ID: 8029476

Claim:
A system for subcutaneously anchoring a catheter instrument, comprising: a catheter hub body that provides fluid communication from one or more catheter lines to a distal catheter portion that is insertable through a skin penetration point; a subcutaneous anchor mechanism movably coupled to the catheter hub body, the subcutaneous anchor mechanism having one or more flexible anchors that extend outwardly away from the catheter hub body when in a deployed orientation in a subcutaneous layer proximate to the skin penetration point; an actuator that is manually adjustable relative to the catheter hub body so as to shift the flexible anchors from a non-deployed orientation to the deployed orientation; a locking device that is movable relative to the actuator so as to shift from an actuator-unlocked position to an actuator-locked position in which the locking device is arranged between the catheter hub body and the actuator when the flexible anchors are in the deployed orientation, wherein the locking device mates with an outer circumference of the one or more catheter lines while in the actuator-locked position.