Patent ID: 8343108

Claim:
A method of using a medical anchor system, comprising: advancing an anchor device toward a skin penetration point while the anchor device is in a folded condition about a longitudinal fold axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the anchor device so that a plurality of subcutaneous tines of the anchor device are generally adjacent to each other and oriented to extend in substantially the same direction; inserting the subcutaneous tines through the skin penetration point and into a subcutaneous region adjacent to an underside of a skin layer while the anchor device is in the folded condition, wherein each of the subcutaneous tines has a curved shape which terminates at a tip of a free end during insertion through the skin penetration point; adjusting the anchor device to a non-folded condition after the subcutaneous tines are inserted into the subcutaneous layer so that subcutaneous tines are in an anchored position in which the free ends of the subcutaneous tines extend generally away from one another; and securing a medical instrument to the anchor device after the subcutaneous tines are adjusted to the anchored position in the subcutaneous region.