Patent ID: 8657795

Claim:
An access port for subcutaneous use in a patient, comprising: a housing; a chamber in said housing; a needle-penetrable sealing septum providing needle access to said chamber; a male projection having therein a conduit to said chamber, said projection adapted to receive a catheter thereover; a lock, said lock attached to the port and movable with respect to said housing; a track in said housing, said track being generally transverse to and at a location along a length of said male projection; wherein said lock from an unlocked position is movable along said track in said housing in a direction generally transverse to said male projection to a locked position forcing at least a first member around said male projection and around the catheter and inward toward the catheter to apply inward force around said male projection and around the catheter to apply inward force to the catheter to help hold a catheter onto said projection.