Method of implanting a subcutaneous injection port having stabilizing elements
OwnerDale Schulze, How-Lun Cheninventors
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Abstract
A method of implanting an injection port using the step of providing an injection port having a housing having a body, a fluid reservoir, a needle penetrable septum, and at least one stabilizing element mounted to the housing comprising a member having an undeployed position and a deployed position, wherein the stability element extends radially from the body. The method further involves the step of creating a surgical incision through the skin and subcutaneous fat layers of the patient to expose the fascia, and placing the injection port between the subcutaneous fat layer and the fascia tissue. The method even further involves the step of deploying the stability element.
Claims6
An method of implanting an injection port comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an injection port comprising a housing having a body, a fluid reservoir, a needle penetrable septum retained in an open proximal end of said housing, and at least one stabilizing element mounted to said housing comprising a member having an undeployed position and a deployed position, wherein said stability element extends radially from said body;
- b. creating a surgical incision through the skin and subcutaneous fat layers of the patient to expose the fascia;
- c. placing said injection port between the subcutaneous fat layer and the fascia tissue;
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- d. deploying said stability element.
An method of implanting an injection port comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an injection port comprising a housing having a body, a fluid reservoir, a needle penetrable septum retained in an open proximal end of said housing, and at least one stabilizing element mounted to said housing comprising a member having an undeployed position and a deployed position, wherein said stability element extends radially from said body;
- b. implanting an adjustable gastric band within the patient;
- c. creating a surgical incision through the skin and subcutaneous fat layers of the patient to expose the fascia;
- d. placing said injection port between the subcutaneous fat layer and the fascia tissue;
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- e. deploying said stability element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.