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RADIOPAQUE AND SEPTUM-BASED INDICATORS FOR A MULTI-LUMEN IMPLANTABLE PORT

  • US 20090156928A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2008
  • Published: 06/18/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable multi-lumen port, comprising:

  • a housing defining at least a first fluid reservoir and a second fluid reservoir;

    a needle-penetrable first septum that provides selective access to the first fluid reservoir;

    a needle-penetrable second septum that provides selective access to the second fluid reservoir; and

    a set of palpation features, including;

    a first plurality of protrusions included proximate a periphery of the first septum; and

    a second plurality of protrusions included proximate a periphery of the second septum, the first and second plurality of protrusions being palpable when the port is implanted in a patient so as to determine a characteristic of one of the first septum and the second septum with respect to the other septum.

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