Patent ID: 7070591

Claim:
A surgical method of implanting a vascular access port and a sensor device in a body, comprising: providing a vascular access port including a portal housing containing an internal reservoir with first and second openings, a self-sealing septum disposed in the first opening, and a first catheter having a proximal end connected to the portal housing, the first catheter defining a lumen extending therethrough in fluid communication with the reservoir via the second opening; providing a physiological sensor device including a sensor, a sensor housing, the sensor being within the housing, and a second catheter having a proximal end connected to the sensor housing; surgically forming a subcutaneous pocket through an incision; introducing the first catheter of the vascular access port into the body; introducing the second catheter of the sensor device into the body; connecting the sensor housing to the portal housing after the first and second catheters have been introduced into the body; and surgically closing the incision.