Integrated Vascular Delivery System

Abstract

An integrated vascular delivery system having a frame configured to receive a catheter insertable in a patient to deliver fluid at an insertion site. The frame includes a first hub, a second hub, and a pair of flexible lateral members extending between the hubs and including a tubular lateral member. The system also includes a fluidic channel that fluidically communicates with the catheter, wherein the fluidic channel passes through the tubular lateral member and at least one of the hubs, and includes a fixed turnabout portion in which fluid flows in a direction different from that within the catheter. The first and second hubs provide anchoring points on the patient distributed around the insertion site and on opposite ends of the catheter, thereby anchoring the frame to the patient and stabilizing the catheter. A method is provided for using an integrated vascular delivery system.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An integrated vascular delivery system adapted to stabilize a catheter inserted at an insertion site on a patient, comprising:
 a catheter hub configured to conform to a surface of the patient and configured to provide a first anchoring point on the patient, wherein the catheter hub comprises a proximal side and a distal side, and is configured to receive a catheter, at the proximal side, to transfer a fluid at the insertion site;   a fluidic channel that fluidly communicates with the catheter, wherein the fluidic channel is configured to pass through the catheter hub and provide a fluid path into the catheter;   a septum, coupled to the distal side of the catheter hub, configured to receive a needle and to direct the needle into a portion of the fluidic channel and into the catheter, thereby facilitating insertion of the catheter at the insertion site; and   a fluid supply adapter, fluidically coupled to the fluid channel by way of the catheter hub.