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Implantable access port including a sandwiched radiopaque insert

  • US 9,474,888 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2013
  • Issued: 10/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable access port, comprising:

  • a port body including a base portion and a cap portion that are cooperatively mated to one another;

    a fluid cavity defined by at least one of the base portion and the cap portion;

    a stem integrally formed with one of the base and cap portions and in fluid communication with the fluid cavity;

    a needle-penetrable septum covering an opening of the fluid cavity; and

    a radiopaque insert including;

    an insert body including a radiopaque material and shaped to be fixedly interposed between the base and cap portions when the base and cap portions are mated, the insert body further defining at least one contoured portion that enables the radiopaque insert to fit about correspondingly shaped features of at least one of the base portion and the cap portion; and

    at least one indicium observable via x-ray imaging technology subsequent to subcutaneous implantation of the implantable access port in a patient, the at least one indicium conveying to an observer a predetermined attribute of the access port.

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