Patent ID: 8617116
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An implantable subcutaneous medical device for anchoring an elongated transcutaneous treatment component that, in use, extends from outside a patient's skin, through a transcutaneous skin opening sized to just accommodate the treatment component at a point of entry into the physiology of a patient, through the implanted medical device positioned at an implantation site, and then to a desired internal location in the patient's body distal of the implanted medical device, the device comprising: a) a device body portion having a passageway therethrough comprising a passageway entrance and support wall for receiving the transcutaneous treatment component beneath the point of entry and for subcutaneously routing the transcutaneous treatment component to the desired internal location, the device body portion being produced from a deformable material and having an assembled area footprint; and, b) one or more frangible lines formed within the device body portion, the fracture of which enables in situ disassembly of the device body portion into one or more device body pieces sized in at least one dimension for removal from the physiology of the patient through the transcutaneous skin opening.