Improvements to implantable vascular access devices
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1. An implantable vascular access device comprising:
- at least one chamber in communication with a vascular access;
at least one septum closing an upper face of said chamber;
said septum including means for permitting spatially and temporally a plurality of perforations by a needle;
said septum comprising a plurality of superimposed layers of silicone leaves compressed together, said layers including between each pair thereof a film of a product for self-closing said perforations;
said needle including at least one fine, sharp-pointed introducing and guiding mandrel;
a nozzle of appropriate diameter slidably mounted in a telescopic manner on said mandrel;
said nozzle having a chamber in a rearward portion thereof;
said chamber being sealed on a face thereof by a perforatable membrane through which said mandrel can pass;
said perforatable membrane being directed essentially perpendicular to an axis of said nozzle;
said chamber being connected to an external apparatus; and
said mandrel disposed to be withdrawn rearward after a positioning of said nozzle through said septum.
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Abstract
Telescopic needles permit the perforation of implantable vascular accesses sealed by means of a flexible elastomeric membrane using needles of large diameter. The telescopic needles in order of increasing diameter, permit progressive perforation with widening of the orifice formed in the septum, with only the nozzle of greatest diameter remaining through the septum at the end of the operation.
The invention extends the area of application of implantable vascular access devices.
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1. An implantable vascular access device comprising:
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at least one chamber in communication with a vascular access; at least one septum closing an upper face of said chamber; said septum including means for permitting spatially and temporally a plurality of perforations by a needle; said septum comprising a plurality of superimposed layers of silicone leaves compressed together, said layers including between each pair thereof a film of a product for self-closing said perforations; said needle including at least one fine, sharp-pointed introducing and guiding mandrel; a nozzle of appropriate diameter slidably mounted in a telescopic manner on said mandrel; said nozzle having a chamber in a rearward portion thereof; said chamber being sealed on a face thereof by a perforatable membrane through which said mandrel can pass; said perforatable membrane being directed essentially perpendicular to an axis of said nozzle; said chamber being connected to an external apparatus; and said mandrel disposed to be withdrawn rearward after a positioning of said nozzle through said septum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An implantable vascular access device comprising:
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a septum implanted under the skin; said septum including means for permitting spatially and temporally a plurality of perforations by a needle; said septum comprising a plurality of superimposed layers of silicone leaves compressed together, said layers including between each pair thereof a film of a product for self-closing said perforations; said septum having a chamber; said chamber having a bottom surface; and said bottom surface including ribs.
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