Patent ID: 8277420

Claim:
A securement device for securing a medical article, the device comprising: a base; first and second supports extending away from the base, each of the first and second supports having a distal end which is spaced apart from the base; a first lever arm pivotable about the distal end of the first support, the first lever arm comprising a first channel portion; a second lever arm pivotable about the distal end of the second support, the second lever arm comprising a second channel portion; the first and second lever arms being movable between an open position, in which the first and second lever arms extend above a line defined by the distal ends of the supports, and a closed position, in which the first and second lever arms extend below the line, the first and second channel portions cooperating to define a receiving area for the medical article when in the open position and cooperating to at least partially surround the medical article when in the closed position, the distal ends of the supports being spaced laterally from the first and second channel portions when the first and second lever arms are in both the open and closed positions.