Microneedle based stabilisation system for medical devices

US11666734B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN · IE

Inventors

• Nicky Bertollo · Dublin, IE
• Seamus Morris · Saint Margaret’s, IE
• Eoin O'Cearbhaill · Blanchardstown, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/0286
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stabilisation system for securing a medical device such as a catheter to tissue, in particular skin, the stabilisation system comprising a main body having a first section and a second section displaceable relative to one another to translate the system between an undeployed state and a deployed state, each section including an array of microneedles extending from a tissue contacting surface of the body and which penetrate the skin in response to the above displacement, the stabilisation system further comprising a closure member displaceable between an open position exposing a retention zone on the body and a closed position at least partially occluding the retention zone, within which retention zone the catheter or other medical device may be captured.