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Patent US7947022 - Access port identification systems and methods - Google Patents
An access port for subcutaneous implantation is disclosed. Such an access port may comprise a body for capturing a septum for repeatedly inserting a needle into a cavity defined within the body. Further, the access port may include at least one feature structured and configured for identification of...http://www.google.com/patents/US7947022?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7947022 - Access port identification systems and methods
Publication number US7947022 B2
Application number US 12/420,028
Also published as CA2757836A1, CA2757836C, CN102421469A, CN102421469B, CN104027861A, CN104027861B, EP2416828A1, EP2416828A4, US9603993, US20090204072, US20110311337, US20130225991, WO2010118144A1
Publication number 12420028, 420028, US 7947022 B2, US 7947022B2, US-B2-7947022, US7947022 B2, US7947022B2
Inventors Murtaza Yusuf Amin, Kevin Sheetz, David M. Cise, Matt Draper, Kelly B. Powers
Patent Citations (540), Non-Patent Citations (137), Referenced by (35), Classifications (11), Legal Events (6)
US 7947022 B2
An access port for subcutaneous implantation is disclosed. Such an access port may comprise a body for capturing a septum for repeatedly inserting a needle into a cavity defined within the body. Further, the access port may include at least one feature structured and configured for identification of the access port subsequent to subcutaneous implantation. Methods of identifying a subcutaneously implanted access port are also disclosed. For example, a subcutaneously implanted access port may be provided and at least one feature of the subcutaneously implanted access port may be perceived. Further, the subcutaneously implanted access port may be identified in response to perceiving the at least one feature. In one embodiment, an identification feature is engraved or otherwise defined by the access port, so as to be visible after implantation via x-ray imaging technology.
9. The access port according to claim 1, wherein the one or more alphanumeric characters includes the letters “C” and “T.”
20. The access port according to claim 19, wherein the one or more alphanumeric characters includes the letters “C” and “T.”
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Cooperative Classification A61M2205/6054, A61M2205/582, A61M2039/0238, A61M2039/0045, A61M39/0247, A61M39/0208, A61M5/007
European Classification A61M39/02T, A61M39/02B
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