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Implantable access port device and attachment system

  • US 9,023,062 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2009
  • Issued: 05/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for attaching an access port to bodily tissue, the system comprising:

  • an access port assembly including;

    i. an access port having a generally central axis and including a bottom, a sidewall and a needle penetrable septum; and

    ii. an attachment mechanism structured to enable the access port to be attached to bodily tissue; and

    a delivery tool including;

    i. a delivery head structured to engage the access port assembly, the delivery head having a longitudinal sidewall extending parallel to the central axis when the delivery head engages the access port;

    ii. a handle having a distal portion extending laterally away from the longitudinal sidewall of the delivery head and having a moveable trigger extending from a proximal portion of the handle, the handle defining an internal pathway in which a pair of opposingly movable cable portions extend side-by-side, the cable portions extending from the delivery head into the internal pathway of the handle, the cable portions being oppositely longitudinally moveable side-by-side relative to each other in the internal pathway and in the delivery head by movement of the trigger; and

    iii. an activation mechanism coupled to the trigger for selectively enabling deployment and retraction of the attachment mechanism by movement of the trigger and a respective one of the cable portions when the delivery head is so engaged with the access port assembly.

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