Patent ID: 8075536
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. An implantable port for accessing internal body structures, the port comprising: a proximal housing including an opening providing access to an interior of the port; a distal housing adapted for assembly with the proximal housing, the distal housing including a reservoir which, when the distal housing is mated with the proximal housing is in fluid communication with the opening of the proximal housing, wherein the distal housing includes a first flange extending radially outward from a wall thereof forming the reservoir and wherein the proximal housing includes a second flange extending radially outward and corresponding to the first flange, the second flange being sized to cover the first flange when the distal and proximal housings are mated with one another to form the port, and wherein the first and second flanges are formed so that, when the distal and proximal housings are mated with one another to form the port, a recess is formed between a proximal surface of the first flange and a distal surface of the second flange and wherein a radiopaque element is received in the recess; and the radiopaque element in one of the proximal and distal housings, the radiopaque element identifying, when imaged, a characteristic of the port not otherwise visually identifiable after implantation within a living body.