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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Pfm Medical Gmbh, Cologne, DE;
Stanislas Marie Bertrand Achard De La Vente, La Chaux de Fonds, CH;
PFM Medical GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
Implantable access device for accessing the vascular system of a human or animal body, particularly subcutaneously implantable access port, comprising: a port body with at least one outlet opening connected or connectable to a catheter for accessing the vascular system of the human or animal body, a needle entrance with at least one inlet opening for receiving a needle, wherein the needle entrance is connected to the port body and movable relative to the port body between a first, unactuated operating condition and a second, actuated operating condition, and locking means for locking the needle entrance in the first, unactuated operating condition and in the second, actuated operating condition, wherein the locking means are activated by inserting the needle into the needle entrance and applying a predetermined movement to needle entrance via the inserted needle and/or by applying a predetermined movement to the needle entrance via the inserted needle and removing the needle from the needle entrance.