Patent ID: 7172574

Claim:
A transcutaneous portal arrangement comprising: a portal body that includes a recess defined by a peripheral wall and a bottom wall that includes a conically tapered through-passing opening which receives a catheter having an outer wall and an inner wall; a tubular element within said recess having a conically-tapered end-portion which is inserted into an end-portion of the catheter and connected thereto for entraining said catheter as the tubular element is withdrawn from the portal body, the conical taper of said end-portion generally corresponding with the conical taper of said opening; and a clamping structure configured to clamp the conically-tapered end-portion of the tubular element with said catheter end-portion connected thereto against the bottom wall around the conically tapered through-passing opening so as to clamp said catheter outer wall around an edge of the opening and said catheter inner wall around a periphery of the end-portion of the tubular element.