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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
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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.

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