Portkatheter
AssigneeA.M.I. Agency for Medical Innovations GmbH
InventorsWalter Egle, Martin Hohlrieder
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Abstract
A port catheter for introducing a fluid into a hollow organ of a human or animal body includes a port unit implantable into the human or animal body, which port unit includes an interior chamber, to which the fluid to be introduced into the hollow organ of the human or animal body can be supplied. The port catheter further includes a tube connected to the port unit, which tube includes an inner channel through which fluid can be conducted into the hollow organ. The port catheter further includes a grip piece connected to the port unit and removable from it, for the manipulation of the port unit during the implantation of the port catheter into the human or animal body.
Claims9
A port catheter for introducing a fluid into a hollow organ of a human or animal body, comprising:
- a port unit implantable into the human or animal body, and including an interior chamber configured to house the fluid to be introduced into the hollow organ of the human or animal body;
- a flexible tube connected to said port unit, said flexible tube having a variable length and including an inner channel configured to conduct the fluid into the hollow organ;
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- a grip piece connected to said port unit and removable from said port unit for manipulation of said port unit during implantation of said port catheter into the human or animal body,
- wherein, when said grip piece is connected said port unit, such connection enables variation of the length of said flexible tube,
- wherein said grip piece is configured to enable variation of the length of said flexible tube by rotation of at least a portion of said grip piece about a longitudinal axis of said grip piece,
- wherein said port unit includes a cup including said interior chamber, and a base part, said cup being rotatable with respect to said base part for varying the length of said flexible tube, and
- wherein said grip piece includes a gearing member cooperating with a gearing member of said cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.