Patent Issued for Method and apparatus for anchoring a catheter line to the tissue of a patient for pain pump drug delivery (USPTO 11596773).

"In one significant application of pain pump drug delivery, sometimes referred to as "intrathecal drug delivery", a pain pump system is used to deliver medication to the subarachnoid space in the spinal column of a patient, whereby to provide pain relief to the patient. "In practice, catheter line 20 is sutured to the tissue of the patient (e.g., the internal fascia of the patient) so as to stabilize the catheter line within the body of the patient. [Extracted from the article]