Patent ID: 7608065

Claim:
An implantable port for providing vascular access, and which is supported by a bone, comprising in combination: a chamber; said chamber adapted to be placed into fluid communication with a vascular structure; a septum; said septum located adjacent at least one side of said chamber; said septum adapted to be penetrated by a needle and reseal after the needle is removed; a collar surrounding said septum; said collar adapted to hold said septum adjacent said chamber; a bone engagement surface on said collar, said bone engagement surface adapted to be coupled to a bone to which the port is to be supported; wherein said port includes a substantially rigid base separate from said collar, said base having said chamber located therein, said septum adapted to be interposed between said base and said collar, said collar adapted to be attached to said base with said septum trapped between said collar and said base with said septum overlying said chamber, said collar having an aperture, said aperture adapted to provide access for a needle to said septum on a side of said septum opposite said chamber; said base and said collar together forming a body; said chamber coupled to tubing having one end supported by said body with an interior of said tubing in fluid communication with said chamber; said tubing extending from said chamber and adapted to access a vascular structure spaced from the bone to which said body is adapted to be supported; said body having a face defining an end of said port closest to said aperture, said aperture accessed through said face; and said body having said bone engagement surface configured as a cylinder extending substantially perpendicularly from said face, said bone engagement surface including threads thereon adapted to threadably engage bone surrounding a hole formed in the bone for receipt of said port therein.