Vascular access port

• US 9,480,831 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2013
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.
• Inventors: Tallarida, Steven J., Eliasen, Kenneth Arden
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayman, Imani
• Assistant Examiner(s): DARB, HAMZA A.
• Application Number:
  US13/770,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20130231637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,351 Days
• Field of Search: 604/513, 604/175, 604/93.01, 604/95.01, 60428801-28804, 604/891.1, 604/184, 604/502, 604/167.02
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0081 Means for facilitating introduction of a needle in the septum, e.g. guides, special construction of septum
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0205 for injecting media
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0244 having means for detecting an inserted needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/0208 Subcutaneous access sites for injecting or removing fluids transcutaneous access sites A61M39/0247; implantable infusion devices A61M5/14276
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/007 for contrast media
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

An access port, wherein the access port may include a body having an exterior surface and a chamber defined therein, a bore defined in the body providing fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a needle in fluid communication with the chamber, a passage defined in the body providing communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a seal secured within the passage, and an actuator in communication with the needle, configured to move the needle relative to the passage or move the passage relative to the needle.

Claims

1. An access port system, comprising:

an implantable access port to be implanted into a subject, said access port including an access port body and an access port needle, said needle contained within said access port body;

wherein said needle is selectively disposable in an extended position and a retracted position;

wherein said needle is coupled to said access port body in said extended position and said retracted position;

wherein, when said needle is in said extended position, said access port is arranged such that a composition is introducible through said needle into a chamber within said access port body;

wherein said needle is configured to be extended from within said access port body and configured to be retracted into said access port body; and

wherein said needle is arranged within said access port body to penetrate outwardly through skin of said subject from within said subject when said access port is implanted in said subject.

2. The access port system of claim 1, wherein said access port includes at least one of a seal and a septum, and said needle is configured to pass through at least one of said seal and said septum.

3. The access port system of claim 1, further comprising a catheter in fluid communication with said chamber.

4. The access port system of claim 1, wherein a catheter is coupled to said access port.

5. The access port system of claim 1, wherein said needle is arranged within said access port body to penetrate outwardly through said access port body when disposed from said retracted position to said extended position.

6. The access port system of claim 1, wherein said access port body and said needle are configured such that said needle is completely containable within said access port body.

7. The access port system of claim 1, wherein said needle is arranged within said access port body to penetrate outwardly through at least one of a seal and a septum when disposed from said retracted position to said extended position.

8. The access port system of claim 1, wherein said access port body and said needle are configured such that said needle is completely contained within said access port body.

9. The access port system of claim 1, further comprising an actuator configured to move said needle.

10. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator is operable to apply an actuation force to move said needle.

11. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator is operable in at least one of magnetic, mechanical and electrical communication with said needle.

12. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator is configured to move said needle from said retracted position to said extended position.

13. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator is configured to move said needle from said extended position to said retracted position.

14. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said needle is configured to be extended from within said access port body by said actuator.

15. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said needle is configured to be retracted into said access port body by said actuator.

16. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator is outside said access port.

17. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said access port includes said actuator.

18. The access port system of claim 17, wherein said actuator is at least partially contained within said access port body of said access port.

19. The access port system of claim 18, wherein said actuator is completely contained within said access port body of said access port.

20. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator comprises a magnetic actuator.

21. The access port system of claim 20, wherein said magnetic actuator comprises at least one magnet configured to move said needle with a magnetic force.

22. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator comprises a mechanical actuator.

23. The access port system of claim 22, wherein said mechanical actuator comprises at least one of a mechanical linkage, a lever, a spring, a pivot point and a push button.

24. The access port system of claim 23, wherein said spring comprises a coil spring.

25. The access port system of claim 23, wherein said spring is configured to move said needle towards said retracted position.

26. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator comprises an electrical actuator.

27. The access port system of claim 26, wherein said electrical actuator comprises at least one of a motor, a linear traveler, a processor, a memory, a communication device, a transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver and a power supply.

28. The access port system of claim 9, wherein said actuator comprises a wireless electrical actuator which communicates wirelessly with said access port.

29. The access port system of claim 1, wherein said access port includes a mechanism to lock said needle in said extended position.

63. The access port system of claim 1, wherein said spring is configured to move said needle towards said retracted position.

30. A method of introducing a composition into a subject, comprising:

extending an access port needle through skin of said subject from a retracted position within an access port containing said needle positioned within said subject to an extended position such that said needle penetrates said skin from within the subject and is exposed outside said subject, wherein said access port comprises an access port body and said needle, and

wherein said needle is selectively disposable in said extended position and said retracted position,

wherein said needle is coupled to said access port body in said extended position and said retracted position,

wherein, when said needle is in said extended position, said access port is arranged such that said composition is introducible through said needle into said access port,

wherein said needle is configured to be extended from within said access port body and configured to be retracted into said access port body; and

introducing a composition into said access port through said needle when said needle is in said extended position, and subsequently into said subject.

31. The method of claim 30 further comprising:

retracting said needle through said skin of said subject and into said access port body after said step of introducing said composition into said access port through said needle when said needle is in said extended position, and subsequently into said subject.

32. The method of claim 30 wherein:

said access port is attached to a catheter.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein:

said step of introducing a composition into said access port through said needle when said needle is in said extended position, and subsequently into said subject further comprises introducing a composition into said access port through said needle when said needle is in said extended position, through said catheter, and subsequently into said subject.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein:

said catheter is inserted into a vein of said subject.

35. The method of claim 34 further comprising:

introducing said composition into said vein of said subject from said catheter.

36. The method of claim 35 wherein:

said vein is a jugular vein, a subclavian vein or a superior vena cava.

37. The method of claim 35 wherein:

said composition comprises at least one of blood, a pharmaceutical, a nutrient and a contrasting agent.

38. The method of claim 30 further comprising:

collapsing said access port body while extending said needle through said skin of said subject.

39. The method of claim 38 further comprising:

expanding said access port body while retracting said needle through said skin of said subject.

40. An access port system, comprising:

an implantable access port to be implanted into a subject, said access port including an access port body and an access port needle;

wherein said needle is configured to be extended from within said access port body to an extended position and configured to be retracted into said access port body to a retracted position;

wherein, when said needle is in said retracted position, said needle is stored within said access port;

wherein, when said needle is in said extended position, said access port is arranged such that a composition is introducible through said needle to at least one of a catheter and a catheter connector of said access port; and

wherein said needle is arranged within said access port body to penetrate outwardly through skin of said subject from within said subject when said access port is implanted in said subject.

41. The access port system of claim 40, wherein said access port includes at least one of a seal and a septum, and said needle is configured to pass through at least one of said seal and said septum.

42. The access port system of claim 40, wherein the at least one catheter is coupled to said access port.

43. The access port system of claim 40, wherein said needle is arranged within said access port body to penetrate outwardly through said access port body when disposed from said retracted position to said extended position.

44. The access port system of claim 40, wherein said access port body and said needle are configured such that said needle is completely containable within said access port body.

45. The access port system of claim 40, wherein said needle is arranged within said access port body to penetrate outwardly through at least one of a seal and a septum when disposed from said retracted position to said extended position.

46. The access port system of claim 40, wherein said access port body and said needle are configured such that said needle is completely contained within said access port body.

47. The access port system of claim 40, further comprising an actuator configured to move said needle.

48. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator is operable to apply an actuation force to move said needle.

49. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator is operable in at least one of magnetic, mechanical and electrical communication with said needle.

50. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator is configured to move said needle from said retracted position to said extended position.

51. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator is configured to move said needle from said extended position to said retracted position.

52. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said needle is configured to be extended from within said access port body by said actuator.

53. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said needle is configured to be retracted into said access port body by said actuator.

54. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator is outside said access port.

55. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said access port includes said actuator.

56. The access port system of claim 55, wherein said actuator is at least partially contained within said access port body of said access port.

57. The access port system of claim 56, wherein said actuator is completely contained within said access port body of said access port.

58. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator comprises a magnetic actuator.

59. The access port system of claim 58, wherein said magnetic actuator comprises at least one magnet configured to move said needle with a magnetic force.

60. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator comprises a mechanical actuator.

61. The access port system of claim 60, wherein said mechanical actuator comprises at least one of a mechanical linkage, a lever, a spring, a pivot point and a push button.

62. The access port system of claim 61, wherein said spring comprises a coil spring.

64. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator comprises an electrical actuator.

65. The access port system of claim 64, wherein said electrical actuator comprises at least one of a motor, a linear traveler, a processor, a memory, a communication device, a transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver and a power supply.

66. The access port system of claim 47, wherein said actuator comprises a wireless electrical actuator which communicates wirelessly with said access port.

67. The access port system of claim 40, wherein said access port includes a mechanism to lock said needle in said extended position.