Venous access port with molded and/or radiopaque indicia

A venous access port assembly for implantation into a patient, the venous access port assembly comprising:

• a housing having a base of needle-impenetrable material that includes a well having a bottom floor, and side walls that define an interior reservoir, the housing further having a discharge port extending from the reservoir;
• a needle-penetrable septum communicating with the housing, the reservoir being beneath the septum;
• and
• a marking indicating a characteristic of the assembly and in the shape of letters comprising the letters “CT” in mirror-image orientation;
• wherein the marking is in a bottom surface of said housing wherein the letters “CT” are at least partially embedded within said bottom surface, the marking being visible by X-ray examination when the assembly is subcutaneously implanted in a patient and the marking indicates an orientation of the venous access port assembly after implantation, and wherein the venous access port is capable of withstanding pressures used during power injection of contrast fluid.

A venous access port assembly for implantation into a patient, the venous access port assembly comprising:

• a housing having a base of needle-impenetrable material that includes a well having a bottom floor, side walls that define an interior reservoir and a discharge port extending from the reservoir;
• a needle-penetrable septum communicating with the housing, the reservoir being beneath the septum;
• and
• a marking indicating a characteristic of the assembly;
• wherein the marking is formed in the bottom floor, the marking being visible by X-ray examination when the assembly is subcutaneously implanted in a patient and being in the shape of letters “CT” in mirror-image orientation, and wherein the venous access port is capable of withstanding pressures used during power injection of contrast fluid.