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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Glade H. Howell, Draper, UT (US);
Bradley J. VanderStek, West Bountiful, UT (US);
Jeremy B. Cox, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Laurie M. Whetstone, Magna, UT (US);
Manikantan Shanmugham, South Jordan, UT (US);
Matthew W. Bown, West Bountiful, UT (US);
Jason R. Stats, Layton, UT (US);
Kenneth W. Sykes, Bluffdale, UT (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An insertion device to assist in accessing an access port that has been subcutaneously implanted in the body of a patient is disclosed. The implanted access port is accessed by a needle of a needle assembly, such as a needle-based infusion set. In one embodiment, the insertion device comprises a body that includes a stabilizing portion and a guide portion. The stabilizing portion stabilizes a position of the implanted access port when the body is placed on the skin of the patient atop the implanted access port. The guide portion guides a needle of the needle assembly along a predetermined path such that the needle transcutaneously pierces a septum of the implanted access port.