Anchoring system for luer lock connector
AssigneeVenetech International, Inc.
InventorsSteven F. Bierman, Wayne T. Mitchell, Richard A. Pluth
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Abstract
An anchoring system includes a simply-structured device which permits a portion of a catheter or similar medical article to be easily anchored to a patient, desirably without the use of tape or needles and suture. An anchoring system for an elongated medical article comprises an anchor pad and a retainer mounted upon the anchor pad. The retainer includes a channel into which the medical article to be retained is placed. The retainer is attached to an anchor pad including an adhesive bottom surface, which can be attached to the patient's skin. A medical article is secured within a channel by retaining at least one radially extending member on the medical article.
Claims15
A retainer for securing a medical device having an elongated tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, and including at least first and second axially extending splines, the second axially extending spline having a greater longitudinal length than the first axially extending spline, the retainer comprising:
- a body having first and second end portions and a pair of flexible walls disposed at a longitudinal position along the body between the longitudinal positions of the first and second end portions;
- a channel extending through at least the first and second end portions and extending at least partially between the pair of flexible walls, the flexible walls being deflectable away from a central axis of the channel;
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- a pair of longitudinally opposed abutment surfaces, each of which is formed on one or the other of the pair of flexible walls, the abutment surfaces lying generally normal to the central axis of the channel and being spaced longitudinally apart from each other by a distance that generally corresponds to the longitudinal length of the first spline of the tubular body.
A retainer for securing a medical article having an elongated body and a first and a second elongated member, each of which extends radially from the tubular body, the second elongated member having a greater longitudinal length than that of the first elongated member, the retainer comprising:
- a body;
- a channel extending through at least portion of the body, the channel being configured to accept at least a portion of the elongated body of the medical article;
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- securing means for selectively capturing at least one of the first and second elongated members within the body regardless of the rotational orientation of the elongated body so as to inhibit axial movement of the elongated body within the channel.
A method of releasably anchoring an elongated medical article having at least first and second splines with differing end points along the length of the medical article, the method comprising:
- providing a retainer having a body comprising a pair of flexible walls and a channel which extends through at least a portion of the body and extends at least partially between the pair of flexible walls, and a pair of longitudinally opposed abutment surfaces, each of which is formed on one or the other of the pair of flexible walls, the abutment surfaces lying generally normal to the central axis of the channel and being spaced longitudinally apart from each other by a distance that generally corresponds to the longitudinal length of the first spline of the tubular body;
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- inserting at least a portion of the medical article into the channel without regard to the orientation of the splines relative to the retainer so that the splines may be in any of a plurality of positions with respect to the retainer such that longitudinal motion of the medial article inhibited by the interaction of one or more of the splines with abutment surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.