# US 2025/0082905 A1 · Anchoring system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0082905 A1 - Document ID: US20250082905A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/815,205 - Filed: 2024-08-26 - Published: 2025-03-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-08 - Assignees: Bedal NV - Applicants: Bedal - Inventors: Steven F. Bierman; Simon Callaerts; Luca Lacertosa; Alexander Van Damme - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250082905A1 ## CPC - A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body - A61M 2025/024: {having a clip or clamp system} - A61M 2025/0253: {where the catheter is attached by straps, bands or the like secured by adhesives} - A61M 2025/026: {where the straps are releasably secured, e.g. by hook and loop-type fastening devices} - A61M 2025/0266: {using pads, patches, tapes or the like} - A61M 2025/028: {having a mainly rigid support structure} - A61M 2025/0286: {anchored in the skin by suture or other skin penetrating devices} - A61M 2025/0293: {Catheter, guide wire or the like with means for holding, centering, anchoring or frictionally engaging the device within an artificial lumen, e.g. tube} - 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 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the central axis is parallel to a lateral direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the at least one filament comprises two filaments, and wherein the at least one receptacle comprises two receptacles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the at least one filament comprises a platform configured to lock to the base. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the at least one filament comprises a protuberance configured to abut a surface of the receptacle when the midportion of the at least one filament is in the channel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the base further comprises an adhesive platform configured to contact at least a portion of the catheter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the channel has a C-shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the slot faces in a longitudinal direction towards an insertion site. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The anchoring system of claim 1, wherein the base comprises at least one sidewall, and wherein the at least one filament extends in a lateral direction from the at least one sidewall. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The anchoring system of claim 9, wherein the at least one sidewall is a vertical member or surface. ### Claim 11 An anchoring device for securing a catheter to the body of a patient, the catheter having a wing having at least one suture hole formed therein, the anchoring device 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The anchoring device of claim 11, wherein the at least one receptacle comprises two receptacles and the at least one filament comprises two filaments, and wherein the midportions of the two filaments extend along a lateral direction when secured in the two receptacles. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The anchoring device of claim 12, wherein the midportions of the two filaments extend in opposite lateral directions away from each other when secured in the two receptacles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The anchoring device of claim 11, wherein the at least one filament comprises a platform configured to lock to the base. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The anchoring device of claim 11, wherein the at least one filament comprises a protuberance configured to abut a surface of the receptacle when the midportion of the at least one filament is in the channel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The anchoring device of claim 11, wherein the base further comprises an adhesive platform configured to contact at least a portion of the catheter. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The anchoring device of claim 11, wherein the channel has a C-shape. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The anchoring device of claim 11, wherein the slot faces in a longitudinal direction towards an insertion site. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The anchoring device of claim 11, wherein the base comprises at least one sidewall, and wherein the at least one filament extends in a lateral direction from the at least one sidewall. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The anchoring device of claim 19, wherein the at least one sidewall is a vertical member or surface. ### Claim 21 A method for securing a catheter to a body of a patient, the catheter having a wing having at least one suture hole formed therein, the method comprising: aligning the at least one suture hole with an end of a filament, the filament being coupled to a base and extending in a transversal direction from the base, the base comprising at least one receptacle; threading the end of the filament through the at least one suture hole; wrapping the filament around the wing; and pulling the filament in a lateral direction towards the base to secure a midportion of the filament in the at least receptacle so as to retain the catheter. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein pulling the filament comprises pulling the filament taut so as to stretch a length of the filament. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one receptacle comprises two receptacles and the filament comprises two filaments, and wherein the midportions of the two filaments extend along a lateral direction when secured in the two receptacles. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the midportions of the two filaments extend in opposite lateral directions away from each other when secured in the two receptacles. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, further comprising hand manipulating the filament to disengage the filament from the at least one receptacles.