US 12,251,526 B2
Medical anchor device
Richard Modley, Plymouth (GB); Tim Jones, Galway (IE); and Michelle Tierney, County Clare (IE)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY, Galway (IE)
Appl. No. 17/415,423
Filed by University of Galway, Galway (IE)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086306
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/127731, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18215406 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062591 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/02 (2013.01) [A61M 39/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0293 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0223 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0232 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical anchor device for securing a medical article to a subject comprising:
an upper medical article attachment portion;
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; and
a skin receiving interstice between the medical article attachment portion and the spiral anchor, the interstice defined by a spacer arm between the medical article attachment portion and the spiral anchor,
wherein the spiral anchor winds laterally outwards from the medical article attachment portion.