Deformable medical implant

24) A method for removing a subcutaneous port for anchoring a transcutaneous treatment component, comprising:

• a) removing the treatment component from the port and from a transcutaneous opening adjacent the port, wherein the port comprises
• i) a body portion for receiving the transcutaneous treatment component beneath the point of entry into the physiology of a patient and routing the transcutaneous treatment component, the body portion being produced from a deformable material and having an area footprint and defining a support wall through which the transcutaneous treatment component enters the body portion;
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• ii) one or more frangible lines formed within the body portion, the fracture of which enables the removal of the body portion from the physiology of the patient through a transcutaneous opening defining an area of less than thirty percent of the area footprint of the body portion;
• b) inserting a retrieval implement through the transcutaneous opening;
• c) grasping the body portion with the retrieval implement near the one or more frangible lines;
• d) applying a force outward from the body portion so that the one or more frangible lines fracture, thereby sectioning the body portion into one or more pieces;
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• e) pulling the one or more pieces of the body portion through the transcutaneous opening.

48) An implantable subcutaneous port for anchoring a transcutaneous treatment component, comprising:

• a) a body portion for receiving the transcutaneous treatment component beneath the point of entry into the physiology of a patient and routing the transcutaneous treatment component, the body portion being produced from a deformable material and having an area footprint and defining an annular support wall;
• b) at least one frangible line extending along a continuous path between an outer perimeter of the body portion and the annular support wall;
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• c) at least one gripping element disposed on the body portion at a point adjacent to the least one frangible line,
• i) wherein gripping the at least one gripping element from a point external to the body of a patient and applying force outward from the major plane of the body portion results in fracturing the at least one frangible line along the continuous path between outer perimeter of the body portion and the annular support wall, thereby enabling removal of the implanted catheter routing port from the body of the patient through a transcutaneous opening defining an area of less than thirty percent of the area footprint of the body portion.