Medical anchor device
AssigneeUniversity of Galway
InventorsRichard MODLEY, Tim JONES, Michelle TIERNEY
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Abstract
A medical anchor device 1 for securing a medical article to a subject comprising an upper medical article attachment portion 2 and a lower insertion portion 3 for securing the medical anchor device 1 to the subject wherein the insertion portion 3 comprises a spiral anchor 5 so that the medical anchor device 1 is securable to and detachable from the subject by rotating the medical anchor device 1 in a clockwise or an anti-clockwise manner as required by the direction of the spiral anchor 5.
Claims21
1-39. (canceled)
A medical anchor device for securing a medical article to a subject, the medical anchor device comprising:
- an upper medical article attachment portion;
- and
- a lower insertion portion for securing the medical anchor device subcutaneously to a subject wherein the insertion portion comprises a spiral anchor disposed substantially in a single plane,
- wherein the spiral anchor winds laterally outwards from the medical article attachment portion and comprises a free insertion end for insertion in a subject.
A method for attaching a medical article to a subject by securing it subcutaneously with a medical anchor device, the method comprising:
- creating an incision in the subject at an insertion site;
- inserting a medical anchor device having an upper medical article attachment portion and a lower insertion portion, in which the insertion portion comprises a spiral anchor disposed substantially in a single plane, the spiral anchor winding laterally outwards from the medical article attachment portion and comprising a free insertion end for insertion in a subject, in the incision by inserting an insertion end of the spiral anchor in the incision;
- and
- rotating the medical anchor device subcutaneously in the incision to secure the medical anchor device to the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.