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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Nathaniel P. Young, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mark A. Crawford, Sandy, UT (US);
Inventors:
Nathaniel P. Young, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mark A. Crawford, Sandy, UT (US);
Assignee:
Vital Access Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61M 1/3653 (2013.01); A61M 1/3659 (2014.02); A61M 1/3661 (2014.02); A61B 2017/3425 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ports for accessing vessels within a patient include passageways that can guide needles or other access devices directly into the vessels. The ports can be implanted subcutaneously within a patient. Some ports may be used in the creation and use of vascular access buttonholes.