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Venous Access Port Assembly with Push Surfaces

  • US 20090221976A1
  • Filed: 02/25/2009
  • Published: 09/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A venous access port assembly, comprising:

  • a housing including a septum affixed thereto and a discharge stem at a distal end of the housing for being connected to a catheter proximal end, and a chamber in fluid communication with a passageway through the discharge stem, the chamber being needle-accessible through the septum, and the housing includes a shovel-like protuberance at its proximal end,wherein the housing includes a pair of recesses along both sides thereof between a proximal end of the housing and its distal end, adapted to receive thereinto portions of a thumb and forefinger of a practitioner'"'"'s hand for pushing the assembly proximally into a subcutaneous pocket for subcutaneous implantation into a patient.

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