Patent ID: 9603992
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A venous access port assembly suitable for power injection, comprising: a housing having an outlet and a needle-penetrable septum, the housing and septum together defining a reservoir, the housing defining a bottom wall of the reservoir and an outwardly facing bottom surface, the bottom wall comprising a metal; a catheter configured for accessing a vein of a patient, the catheter having a lumen in communication with the outlet; and a radiopaque alphanumeric message observable via imaging technology subsequent to subcutaneous implantation of the venous access port assembly, the radiopaque alphanumeric message indicating that the venous access port assembly is suitable for power injection, the radiopaque alphanumeric message positioned on the outwardly facing bottom surface etched into the metal.