Upper Arm Port

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a vascular access system including a port assembly and an expansion kit. The port assembly includes a port coupled to a catheter. The port can include a septum aligned with the catheter lumen configured to receive a guidewire therethrough. The expansion kit can include a dilator disposed within a sheath. Advancing the expansion kit subcutaneously can separate the tissues and for a tissue pocket sized to receive the port assembly therein. The dilator can be removed and the port assembly can be placed within the sheath. The port can include a splitter device configured to engage an aperture disposed in the sheath. Urging the sheath proximally, the splitter can direct the sheath onto a blade facilitating separation of the sheath along a longitudinal axis.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.