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Implantable dialysis access port

  • US 7,261,705 B2
  • Filed: 10/09/2003
  • Issued: 08/28/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An implantable access port comprising:

  • a port casing having a first channel extending therethrough and a second channel extending from said first channel to an exterior surface of said port casing;

    a graft having a first end and a second end, said graft disposed within said first channel of said port casing such that said first end and said second end are exterior to said port casing, said graft having a third end disposed within said second channel;

    a self-sealing insert adapted to prevent fluid from passing disposed within said second channel such that said third end of said graft is between said self-sealing insert and said port casing;

    wherein said first end and said second end of said graft are adapted to be anastomosed to a blood-carrying vessel such that blood will continuously flow through said port casing.

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