US 2025/0082905 A1 · ANCHORING SYSTEM

Abstract

An anchoring system includes a simply structured suture-like device which permits a catheter to be easily attached to the patient without the use of needles and without actually suturing anything to the patient. The anchoring device desirably includes two threads or filaments and two corresponding receptacles. The filaments include protuberances which cooperate with apertures of the receptacles to permit easy insertion and removal of a midportion of the filaments into a side slot of the receptacles in a longitudinal direction. The receptacles inhibit retraction of the filament in a lateral direction from the receptacles. A healthcare worker simply threads the filament through the aperture in the wing of the catheter and wraps a midportion of the filament through the receptacle with the protuberance beyond an end of the receptacle which tightly holds the catheter between side walls of the base. The base in turn can include an adhesive bottom surface which can be attached to the patient's skin. The base can further include an adhesive top surface or platform configured to adhere to a bottom surface of the catheter.

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Dependent claims

An anchoring system for securing a catheter to the body of a patient comprising:

a catheter comprising a wing having at least one suture hole formed therein;
and
an anchoring apparatus comprising:
an adhesive member for secure attachment to the body of the patient;
a base mounted on the adhesive member and having at least one receptacle, the at least one receptacle forming a channel through a portion of the base, the channel having a central axis and a slot through a side of the channel;
and
at least one filament having a proximal end, a distal end, and a midportion therebetween, the proximal end being coupled to the base, the distal end being configured to be inserted through the suture hole of the wing, the midportion being sized and shaped to be inserted into and subsequently removed from the channel via the slot,
wherein the at least one filament is inhibited from being withdrawn from the channel in a direction along the central axis towards the wing when the midportion of the at least one filament is in the channel.

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