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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2020
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Ericka J. Prechtel, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to access devices configured to access a subcutaneous medical device. The access device can include a needle supported by a needle hub and in some embodiments a housing slidably engaged therewith and configured to align the needle axis at a predetermined angle. The access device can include an indicator system configured to detect when the needle is correctly aligned with a target window of a port. This can allow for smaller, lower profile ports with smaller target windows while mitigating mis sticks. The indicator system can be contained within the access device little or no increase to the overall size of the access device. The indicator system can employ various modalities including capacitance, induction, magnetic, thermal, acoustic, or radio frequency (RF).