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Implantable infusion port

  • US 4,710,174 A
  • Filed: 12/16/1985
  • Issued: 12/01/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An implantable infusion port for dispensing medication in the body of a patient comprising a septum having a base portion, a side wall portion and a top wall portion which cooperate to define an enclosed cavity in said septum, at least a portion of said side wall portion being made of a material which is penetrable by a hypodermic needle or the like for introducing medication into said cavity but which is substantially selfsealing upon removal of said needle therefrom, catheter means providing communication between said cavity and the exterior of said septum for dispensing said medication in the body of said patient, and impenetrable means within said port extending substantially upright relative to said base portion and operable for limiting the extent of penetration of said needle in said port in a direction substantially parallel to said base portion.

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