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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Kenneth M. Zinn, Westport, CT (US);
Mark S. Fisher, Sellersville, PA (US);
Kevin Sanford, Chalfont, PA (US);
William Shaun Wall, North Wales, PA (US);
Raymond Bizup, Feasterville, PA (US);
Timothy M. Schweikert, Levittown, PA (US);
Kenneth M. Zinn, Westport, CT (US);
Mark S. Fisher, Sellersville, PA (US);
Kevin Sanford, Chalfont, PA (US);
William Shaun Wall, North Wales, PA (US);
Raymond Bizup, Feasterville, PA (US);
Timothy M. Schweikert, Levittown, PA (US);
Medical Components, Inc., Harleysville, PA (US);
Innovative Medical Devices, LLC., Westport, CT (US);
Abstract
An implantable venous access port for a catheter. The port assembly () includes a body (), a septum () for needle insertion, a discharge port () having a passageway () and to which a catheter proximal end () is connected, and a proximal port () with a proximal passageway () that is in line with the discharge port passageway (). A chamber () of the port body () fluidly connects the proximal port passageway and the discharge port passageway, and a proximal septum () traverses and seals the proximal passageway (). An entry cannula () is insertable into the proximal opening and penetrates the proximal septum () and extends to the discharge port passageway () enabling a guide wire () to be inserted therethrough after the port () has been connected to the catheter (), whereafter the entire assembly is implantable into a patient over the guide wire. A method of over-the-wire venous port placement is disclosed, and also a method for assembling the port.