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Low Profile Venous Access Port Assembly

  • US 20080319405A1
  • Filed: 06/23/2008
  • Published: 12/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A venous access port assembly, comprising:

  • a housing having a discharge port, a needle-penetrable septum and a cap securable to the housing and retaining the septum securely in the assembly,wherein an upper surface of a housing base of the housing includes a septum seat onto which a seating flange of the septum is seated, andwherein the housing base includes a first retention section extending circumferentially around much of the exterior surface of the side wall, and the cap includes an interior cavity having an inwardly facing surface associated with and adjacent to the housing base side wall and a second retention section is defined circumferentially around much of the inwardly facing surface and is associated with the first retention section and complementary thereto such that upon assembly of the cap to the housing base the first and second retention sections snap fit together to assure mechanical joining of the cap to the housing base thereby securing the septum in the housing, andwherein one of the housing base and the cap further includes a plurality of angularly spaced vertical crush ribs on a surface thereof to be engaged by a surface of the other for precisely centering the housing base and the cap during assembly.

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