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An injection port system comprises an injection port and an applier. The port comprises a body and a plurality of fasteners. The fasteners are integral with the body and are movable from a non-deployed position to a deployed position. The applier comprises a port engagement portion and an actuator. The port engagement portion is configured to selectively engage the port body to selectively retain the port relative to the applier. The actuator is operable to move the fasteners to the deployed position. The applier is also configured to disengage the port engagement portion from the port body to release the port from the applier when the actuator moves the fasteners to the deployed position. The actuator may release the port from the applier by moving a resilient member away from the port body as the actuator also moves the fasteners from the non-deployed position to the deployed position.
In the embodiment depicted, locator 104 includes a port engagement portion or port engagement feature comprising a pair of spaced apart cantilever arms 184 a and 184 b, each having rib 186 a and 186 b, respectively. For clarity, FIG. 27 illustrates arm 184 a in cross-section taken through rib 186 a, at the same level as for cam 178 a. At their distal ends, arms 184 a and 184 b include respective inwardly extending flanges 188 a and 188 b. Flanges 188 a and 188 b are shaped complementarily to recesses 56 on port body 8, configured to engage ledges 56 a that form an applier engagement portion when injection port 2 is retained by locator 104.
wherein the applier is configured to disengage the port engagement portion from the applier engagement portion to release the injection port from the applier when the actuator moves the fasteners from the non-deployed position to the deployed position.
2. The injection port system of claim 1, wherein the port engagement portion comprises a resilient member.
3. The injection port system of claim 2, wherein the resilient member is biased to engage the applier engagement portion.
4. The injection port system of claim 1, wherein the port engagement portion comprises an inwardly extending member configured to move from a first position to a second position, wherein the port engagement portion is configured to retain the injection port relative to the applier when the inwardly extending member is in the first position.
5. The injection port system of claim 4, wherein the port engagement portion is configured to release the injection port from the applier when the inwardly extending member is in the second position.
6. The injection port system of claim 5, wherein the applier further comprises a cam, wherein the cam is configured to move the inwardly extending member from the first position to the second position when the actuator moves the fasteners from the non-deployed position to the deployed position.
7. The injection port system of claim 6, wherein the cam is integral with the actuator.
8. The injection port system of claim 7, wherein the actuator is rotatable relative to the port engagement portion, wherein the actuator is operable to rotatably position the cam to a position where the cam moves the inwardly extending member from the first position to the second position.
9. The injection port system of claim 6, wherein the port engagement portion further comprises a cantilever arm, the cantilever arm having a first end and a second end, wherein the inwardly extending member extends inwardly from the first end of the cantilever arm.
10. The injection port system of claim 9, wherein the port engagement portion further comprises a cam engagement feature, wherein the cam engagement feature is positioned at the second end of the cantilever arm, wherein the cam is configured to selectively engage the cam engagement feature.
11. The injection port system of claim 6, wherein the cam is configured to move the inwardly extending member outwardly in order to move the inwardly extending member from the first position to the second position when the actuator moves the fasteners from the non-deployed position to the deployed position.
12. The injection port system of claim 1, wherein the body comprises an inwardly extending recess.
13. The injection port system of claim 12, wherein the applier engagement portion is defined at least in part by the inwardly extending recess, such that the port engagement portion is configured to selectively engage the inwardly extending recess.
(ii) an actuator movable from a first position to a second position, wherein the actuator is configured to actuate fasteners of an injection port when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position, wherein the actuator is further configured to move the resilient member from the first position to the second position when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position.
15. The injection port applier of claim 14, further comprising an actuating member located at the first end of the elongate shaft, wherein the actuating member is in communication with the actuator, wherein the actuating member is operable to move the actuator from the first position to the second position.
16. The injection port applier of claim 14, wherein the resilient member is resiliently biased to the first position.
wherein the act of moving the actuator to deploy the fasteners and the act of releasing the port body from the port applier are performed substantially simultaneously.
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