VENOUS ACCESS PORT WITH MOLDED AND/OR RADIOPAQUE INDICIA
First Claim
1. A venous access port assembly for implantation into a patient, comprising:
- a housing having a base defining a bottom wall of at least one reservoir, the housing further having a discharge port extending from the at least one reservoir, and a peripheral surface adjacent to the at least one reservoir, the peripheral surface including indicia molded therein indicating a characteristic of the assembly; and
a needle-penetrable septum communicating with the housing.
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Abstract
A venous access port assembly having a housing base with a discharge port, a septum and a cap. An interior reservoir is defined by a well in the housing base and a bottom of the septum, and a passageway extends from the reservoir through the discharge port. The housing base includes a base flange having integrally molded therein indicia identifying an attribute of the assembly. The indicia could be formed of base flange material, or could be formed by voids in the base flange material. If of plastic material, the molded indicia could be applied with a radiopaque agent, thereby allowing the indicia (“CT”) to appear on an X-ray of the patient in a manner informing a practitioner of a particular attribute of the assembly.
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10 Claims
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1. A venous access port assembly for implantation into a patient, comprising:
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a housing having a base defining a bottom wall of at least one reservoir, the housing further having a discharge port extending from the at least one reservoir, and a peripheral surface adjacent to the at least one reservoir, the peripheral surface including indicia molded therein indicating a characteristic of the assembly; and a needle-penetrable septum communicating with the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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