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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Lloyd V. Hansen, Hugo, MN (US);
Cynthia Nelson Konen, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Luis E. Fesser, St. Paul, MN (US);
John P. Mehawej, Plymouth, MN (US);
Todd Hanson, Blaine, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A drug delivery port including a port housing having an inner sidewall defining a fill port cavity and a fill port washer in direct contact with a perimeter edge of the inner sidewall of the port housing such that an intersection between the washer and the perimeter edge define a plurality of filter channels having a cross-sectional flow area of about 0.001 mmto about 0.5 mmthat lie within the fluid pathway of the delivery port. The delivery port also includes a port cover coupled and a pierceable septum compressed between the fill port washer and the port cover configured to allow a needle to pierce through the septum to deliver an injectable fluid to the fill port cavity.