Patent ID: 8317761

Claim:
A method of deploying an implantable injection port, comprising: preparing an injection port for implant, the port including: a housing defining a periphery around a vertical axis and having an upper face and a lower face opposite the upper face; a septum within the housing open to the upper face and capable of penetration by a needle; a space below the septum and within the housing defining a fluid reservoir; and a plurality of sharp-tipped fasteners rotatably mounted to the housing to rotate from an undeployed position not projecting below the lower face of the port to a deployed position projecting below the lower face of the port; covering the injection port with a distal cover of a delivery system having a proximal handle terminating in a manual actuator; positioning the injection port lower surface on the bodily tissue; activating the manual actuator such that the sharp-tipped fasteners rotate from their undeployed positions to their deployed positions to secure the injection port in bodily tissue; and, removing the delivery system from the secured injection port.