Patent ID: 8343115

Claim:
A system for subcutaneous delivery of a therapeutic fluid from a remote vessel into the body of a patient, the system comprising: a generally tabular assembly having a generally straight elongated cannula extending from a generally flat bottom surface; a rotatable joint for engagement with the generally tabular assembly, the rotatable joint having an elongated engagement arm, the elongated engagement arm having a near end and a removed end and a joint body engaged with and integral with the near end of the elongated engagement arm having an axial aligned first fluid channel therethrough, the first fluid channel extending at least partially through the joint body; the rotatable joint further having a second interconnecting fluid channel for intersecting with the first axially aligned fluid channel and with a surface of the joint body forming a fluid port thereby; wherein the generally tabular assembly is adapted to engage the rotatable joint so as to provide rotation of the elongated engagement arm in a plane, the plane including the cannula of the generally tabular assembly; wherein the elongated engagement arm is moveable between a first position, generally vertical to the generally tabular assembly, wherein the axially aligned first fluid channel is along an axis defining the cannula, to a second position, approximately perpendicular to the first position, wherein the second interconnecting fluid channel is in fluid communication with the cannula.