Patent ID: 7811275

Claim:
A method for implanting an injection port in tissue, comprising: preparing an injection port for implant, the port including: a housing defining a periphery and having an upper face generally oriented in a plane perpendicular to a vertical axis; a septum within the housing open to the upper face and capable of penetration by a needle along the vertical axis; a space below the septum defining a fluid reservoir; and a sharp-tipped fastener attached to the housing and mounted to move from an undeployed position not projecting below a lower face of the port opposite the upper face to a deployed position projecting below the lower face of the port; and a disc that rotates about the vertical axis for pivoting the fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position; coupling the injection port to a distal end of a deployment tool having a manual actuator and a transmission connected thereto for rotating the disc; inserting the distal end of the deployment tool with the injection port into a patient; positioning the lower face of the port against tissue; and operating the manual actuator to cause the sharp-tipped fastener to move from the undeployed position to the deployed position to pierce tissue and attach the port to the tissue without sutures.