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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Dalton, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Horizon Medical Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 93 ; 6048901 ; 604175 ;
Abstract
An implantable infusion port which comprises a fluid reservoir with inlet means and outlet means, the reservoir preferably having a toroid-like shape and outlet means directed along a tangent to the reservoir, assures more effective reservoir cleansing when the port is flushed with aqueous saline between uses.