US 11,938,296 B2
Venous access port with molded and/or radiopaque indicia
Timothy M. Schweikert, West Chester, PA (US); Raymond R. Bizup, Feasterville, PA (US); Kevin E. Sanford, Chalfont, PA (US); and Kenneth M. Zinn, Westport, CT (US)
Assigned to Medical Components, Inc., Harleysville, PA (US)
Filed by Medical Components, Inc., Harleysville, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,449.
Application 16/035,879 is a division of application No. 15/350,273, filed on Nov. 14, 2016, granted, now 11,478,622.
Application 17/865,449 is a continuation of application No. 16/035,879, filed on Jul. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,406,808.
Application 15/350,273 is a continuation of application No. 13/550,745, filed on Jul. 17, 2012, granted, now 9,533,133, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Application 13/550,745 is a continuation of application No. 12/143,377, filed on Jun. 20, 2008, granted, now 8,257,325, issued on Sep. 4, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/936,491, filed on Jun. 20, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0347453 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/0208 (2013.01) [A61M 5/007 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0205 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0229 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0238 (2013.01); A61M 2205/32 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A venous access port assembly for implantation into a patient, comprising:
a needle-penetrable septum;
a housing comprising a housing base at least partially defining at least one reservoir; and
a peripheral component external to the housing, the peripheral component comprised at least partially of a radiopaque material, wherein:
the peripheral component includes one or more X-ray discernable voids extending through a height of the peripheral component,
the one or more X-ray discernable voids indicating under X-ray examination that the venous access port assembly is capable of withstanding pressures used during injection of contrast fluid.