Patent ID: 11865290
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. An implantable vascular access port, comprising:
a port body having a lower or floor wall, an upper wall and at least one sidewall extending between said upper wall and said lower or floor wall, said port body having at least one internal chamber, said port body having at least one outlet aperture formed in said at least one sidewall thereof in communication with said at least one internal chamber, said port body having, substantially opposite said at least one outlet aperture, at least one access point or location defining an at least partially horizontal-access path or direction to said at least one outlet aperture through said at least one internal chamber;
at least one septum attached to said port body and covering or closing said at least one internal chamber at said at least one access point or location; and
at least one hollow outlet tube attached to the main port body and in fluid communication with said at least one internal chamber and said at least one outlet aperture,
wherein:
said at least one access point or location has a position at an upper end of said port body;
said at least one outlet aperture is disposed lower down than said at least one access aperture along said sidewall; and
said at least partially horizontal-access path or direction to said at least one outlet aperture through said at least one internal chamber being inclined downwardly at an angle.