Subcutaneously changeable vascular access port
AssigneePortal Access Inc.
InventorMichael Gabriel Tal
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vascular access port selectively changeable subcutaneously from delivery configuration to deployed configuration. The vascular access port includes a port body and a port body extension being partly or wholly disengaged in the delivery configuration, and fixedly connected to form a unified structure of the vascular access port, greater in volume than the port body, in the deployed configuration. Methods and kits for deploying the vascular access port in a body of a subject are also disclosed.
Claims20
A vascular access port, comprising:
- a port body having a longitudinal axis, coupled with a septum member covering a cavity defined by the port body;
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- a deformable port body extension configured to form with the port body a unified structure having final shape and size;
- the vascular access port is changeable subcutaneously to a deployed configuration by decreasing in length parallel to the longitudinal axis and/or expanding transversely to the longitudinal axis, wherein the port body extension envelopes a front end and two opposing sides of the port body.
A method for deploying a vascular access port in a body of a subject, the method comprising:
- forming a subcutaneous void between or beneath skin tissue layers at a target implantation site in the subject body;
- inserting the vascular access port into the subcutaneous void, wherein the vascular access port includes a port body and a deformable port body extension configured to form with the port body a unified structure having final shape and size;
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- deploying the vascular access port, wherein the vascular access port changes to a deployed configuration by decreasing in length parallel to the longitudinal axis and/or expanding transversely to the longitudinal axis, wherein the port body extension envelopes a front end and two opposing sides of the port body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.