Catheter anchoring device

A device for anchoring a catheter tube or the like to the skin of a patient, comprising:

• a resiliently flexible pad adapted for attachment to the skin of a patient, said pad including a disk-like base portion with a bottom surface for positioning subjacent to the patient's skin, a top surface having a body portion extending therefrom and a peripheral edge extending between said top and bottom surfaces;
• said pad having an arcuate passageway therethrough predeterminedly dimensioned for snugly receiving the catheter tube therein, said passageway length extending from a first port in said base portion to a second port in said body portion, said body portion being supported by said base portion substantially throughout said passageway length, said pad having an elongated slot extending through said base portion from said peripheral edge to said first port and from said first port to said second port, said slit including a portion communicating along the entire length of said passageway, said pad being manually spreadable along said slit for permitting external accessibility to said passageway for placement of said passageway about said tube and resiliently closeable for frictionally restraining the tube therein;
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• means for releasably locking said slit in a closed position, said means including an annular channel grooved into said body portion extending transversely to said slit adapted to accommodate an elongated flexible tie insertable within said channel and tightenable about said body portion, said base portion having a slot proximate to said annular channel for facilitating insertion of said tie into said channel and about said body portion.