# US 10,369,332 B2 · Interlocking low profile gripping device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,332 B2 - Document ID: US10369332B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/658,254 - Filed: 2017-07-24 - Published: 2017-11-09 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-10 - Assignees: BioDerm, Inc. - Applicants: BioDerm, Inc. - Inventors: James Alan Harders; Shawn Stone - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369332B2 ## CPC - A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body - A61M 2025/024: {having a clip or clamp system} - A61M 2025/0266: {using pads, patches, tapes or the like} - A61M 2025/028: {having a mainly rigid support structure} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A low profile gripping device having a locking assembly attached to a base, wherein the locking assembly comprises a locking strap with pairs of fins disposed for insertion into an aperture of a buckle. The locking assembly comprises an anchor block having opposing sides, the locking strap attached to one side, and the buckle attached to the opposing side. The interface between the locking strap and the anchor block forms a creased groove for seating a flexible polymer tube or polymer coated cable. The locking strap is inserted through the aperture to secure the tube or cable in the creased groove, and the fins retain the locking strap in fixed relation to the buckle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gripping device for securing a flexible polymer tubing member to the skin of a medical patient, the gripping device comprising: an elongated base having a bottom, a top, and a longitudinal axis, the bottom comprising an interface member, and the top having a sloped apron surrounding a central table; one or more locking assemblies, each locking assembly comprising: an anchor block attached to the base at an offset orientation in a transverse direction in relation to the longitudinal axis of the base such that the anchor block is attached to the table and to the apron without being attached to the apron on both sides of the longitudinal axis, the anchor block having a first side and a second side separated by a single crown; a locking strap having a root, a spine, a tip, and a plurality of fins, the root anchored to the first side of the anchor block such that a creased groove is defined by an interface between the first side and the locking strap, the fins disposed in pairs symmetrically about the spine, each fin having a trailing edge disposed substantially perpendicular to the spine, and a leading edge disposed at an angle in relation to the trailing edge; the creased groove disposed below the crown and above the table in substantial vertical alignment with the longitudinal axis of the base, the crease groove disposed such that the root and the first side of the anchor block contact the polymer tubing member when the polymer tubing member is seated in the creased groove; and a buckle having a root and a distal end, the root attached to the second side of the anchor block, and the root having a yoke such that an aperture is defined by the second side of the anchor block and the yoke. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gripping device of claim 1, wherein the locking strap having has an open position and a closed position, the locking strap further comprising a visual indicator having a series of numerical references disposed on the spine of the locking strap, the visual indicator corresponding to a diameter of a tubing member, wherein when the locking strap is in the open position the numerical references appear reversed with respect to the appearance of the numerical references on the closed position of the locking strap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The gripping device of claim 2, wherein the interface member comprises a plurality of cleats disposed in a dovetail orientation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The gripping device of claim 2, wherein the interface member comprises an irregular surface feature. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The gripping device of claim 2, wherein the root of each of the locking straps further comprises an elbow having an outside and an inside, the outside curving away from the base, and the inside having a cutout groove. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The gripping device of claim 5, wherein the pairs of fins attached to the locking strap are disposed such that a notch is defined between adjacent fin pairs, and the buckles have a thickness sized to snugly seat in the notch. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The gripping device of claim 6, wherein the interface member comprises a plurality of cleats disposed in a dovetail orientation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The gripping device of claim 6, wherein the interface member comprises an irregular surface feature. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The gripping device of claim 1, wherein the root of the locking strap further comprises an elbow such that in an undeformed shape of the locking strap, the elbow biases the orientation of the locking strap into a plane that is substantially parallel to the plane of the table of the base, the interface that defines the creased groove further comprising the elbow. ### Claim 10 A gripping device for securing a flexible polymer tubing member to the skin of a medical patient, the gripping device comprising: an elongated base having a bottom, a top, and a longitudinal axis, the bottom comprising an interface member, and the top having a sloped apron surrounding a central table; an adhesive patch connected to the base by an adhesive disposed between the interface member and the adhesive patch; two locking assemblies attached to the base, each locking assembly comprising: an anchor block attached to the base at an offset orientation in relation to the longitudinal axis of the base such that the anchor block is attached to the table and to the apron without being attached to the apron on both sides of the longitudinal axis, the anchor block having a first side and a second side separated by a single crown; a locking strap having a root, a spine, a tip, and a plurality of fins, the root anchored to the first side of the anchor block such that a creased groove is defined by an interface between the first side and the locking strap, the creased groove disposed below the crown and above the table, the fins disposed in pairs symmetrically about the spine, each fin having a trailing edge disposed substantially perpendicular to the spine, and a leading edge disposed at an angle in relation to the trailing edge; and a buckle having a root and a distal end, the root attached to the second side of the anchor block, and the root having a yoke such that an aperture is defined by the second side of the anchor block and the yoke; each locking assembly having an open position and a closed position, wherein: the open position comprises the locking strap disengaged from the aperture, and the closed position comprises the locking strap inserted through the aperture such that the fins engage the buckle and the locking strap is retained in contact with the yoke and in contact with the second side of the anchor block, the locking strap configured for seating the polymer tubing member in the creased groove such that the polymer tubing member is retained in contact with the first side of the anchor block and in contact with the root of the locking strap; and the locking assemblies disposed such that the creased grooves are oriented in alignment with each other and placed at an orientation substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The gripping device of claim 10, wherein each locking strap further comprises a visual indicator having a series of numerical references disposed on the spine of the locking strap, the visual indicator corresponding to a diameter of a tubing member, wherein when the locking assembly is in the open position the numerical references appear reversed with respect to the appearance of the numerical references on the closed position of the locking assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The gripping device of claim 11, wherein the interface member comprises a plurality of cleats disposed in a dovetail orientation. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The gripping device of claim 11, wherein the interface member comprises an irregular surface feature. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The gripping device of claim 11, wherein the root of each of the locking straps further comprises an elbow having an outside and an inside, the outside curving away from the base, and the inside having a cutout groove. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The gripping device of claim 14, wherein the pairs of fins attached to each of the locking straps are disposed such that a notch is defined between adjacent fin pairs, and each of the buckles has a thickness sized to snugly seat in the notches on the mating locking strap. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The gripping device of claim 15, wherein the interface member comprises a plurality of cleats disposed in a dovetail orientation. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The gripping device of claim 15, wherein the interface member comprises an irregular surface feature. ### Claim 18 A gripping device for securing a flexible polymer tubing member to the skin of a medical patient, the gripping device comprising: an elongated base having a bottom, a top, and a longitudinal axis, the bottom comprising an interface member, and the top having a sloped apron surrounding a central table; two locking assemblies attached to the base, each locking assembly comprising: an anchor block attached to the base at an offset orientation in a transverse direction in relation to the longitudinal axis of the base such that the anchor block is attached to the table and to the apron without being attached to the apron on both sides of the longitudinal axis, the anchor block having a first side and a second side separated by a single crown; a locking strap having a root, a spine, a tip, and a plurality of fins, the root anchored to the first side of the anchor block; a seat for seating the polymer tubing member, the seat comprising an interface between the first side of the anchor block and the root of the locking strap, the seat disposed below the crown and above the table such that the root and the first side of the anchor block contact the polymer tubing member when the polymer tubing member is seated in the seat; and a buckle having a root and a distal end, the root attached to the second side of the anchor block, and the root having a yoke such that an aperture is defined by the second side of the anchor block and the yoke; each locking assembly having an open position and a closed position, wherein: the open position comprises the locking strap disengaged from the aperture, and the closed position comprises the locking strap inserted through the aperture such that the fins engage the buckle and the locking strap is retained in contact with the yoke and in contact with the second side of the anchor block, the locking strap configured for seating the polymer tubing member in the seat such that the polymer tubing member is retained in contact with the first side of the anchor block and in contact with the root of the locking strap. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The gripping device of claim 18, further comprising an adhesive patch connected to the base by an adhesive disposed between the interface member and the adhesive patch.