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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
James C. Andrews, Denver, CO (US);
Amy L. Marcotte, Mason, OH (US);
Sarah A. Noschang, Mason, OH (US);
Eric W. Thompson, Pleasant Plain, OH (US);
Scott A. Woodruff, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US);
James C. Andrews, Denver, CO (US);
Amy L. Marcotte, Mason, OH (US);
Sarah A. Noschang, Mason, OH (US);
Eric W. Thompson, Pleasant Plain, OH (US);
Scott A. Woodruff, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael J. Vendely, Lebanon, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgically implantable injection port has one or more tissue in-growth promoting surfaces. The injection port includes a housing, a fluid reservoir defined in part by the housing, a needle penetrable septum, and a tissue in-growth promoting surface integrally provided on an exterior surface of the port. The tissue in-growth promoting surface may be provided by surgical mesh or a textured surface on the injection port. The injection port may be used as part of a gastric band system or some other type of system.