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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
Applicant:
Michael D. Deckard, Solsberry, IN (US);
Inventor:
Michael D. Deckard, Solsberry, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An anchor assembly is used with a medical device to engage the medical device against a body wall. The anchor assembly includes a pivotable anchor and a filament. The anchor is seated in a longitudinal orientation within a recessed channel located at the distal end of the medical device. Pulling on a proximal free end of the filament causes the anchor to pivot from a longitudinal orientation to a perpendicular orientation. The anchor in the perpendicular orientation engages against a body wall to immobilize the medical device.