Percutaneous access apparatus
AssigneeRenishaw PLC
InventorsTrefor Owen LEWIS, Patricia Grace STEWART
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Abstract
A percutaneous fluid access apparatus includes a percutaneous fluid access device. The percutaneous fluid access device has a base portion including a subcutaneous portion and at least one port for connection to one or more fluid conduits within a body of a patient. A housing has at least one fluid channel and at least one seal for sealing the at least one fluid channel, and the housing is removably attachable to the base portion. The at least one fluid channel is in fluid communication with the at least one port when the housing is attached to the base portion.
Claims15
A percutaneous fluid access apparatus including a percutaneous fluid access device comprising:
- a base portion including a subcutaneous portion and at least one port for connection to one or more fluid conduits within a body of a patient, and
- a housing comprising at least one fluid channel and at least one seal for sealing the at least one fluid channel,
- wherein the housing is removably attachable to the base portion, and the at least one fluid channel is in fluid communication with the at least one port when the housing is attached to the base portion.
A method of using a percutaneous fluid access apparatus comprising a percutaneous fluid access device including a base portion including a subcutaneous portion and at least one port for connection to one or more fluid conduits within a body of a patient, and a housing comprising at least one fluid channel and at least one seal for sealing the at least one fluid channel, wherein the housing is removably attachable to the base portion, and the at least one fluid channel is in fluid communication with the at least one port when the housing is attached to the base portion, the method including the step of:
- removing the housing from the percutaneous fluid access device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.