The combination of the device and the fixation process provides a number of advantages as compared to the current standard of care, described below:
• Provides a lower external profile for standard drainage catheters which decreases the chances of the catheter snagging, migrating, or completely dislodging
• The disclosed method for measuring existing catheter before attaching the device to a new catheter should make for a better fitted and more stable setting for the catheter, and overall, a more comfortable experience for the patient
• The disk/wheel should allow for easier cleaning of the entry site.
• Membrane in the center of the disk should allow a patient or physician to easily flush or connect the catheter to a drainage bag.
• This variety of catheter, for percutaneous drainage procedures, has usage in treating a wide variety of indications
• Possibility that external suturing or taping to the skin will not be necessary