	US 11,980,740 B2
	Stabilization and guide apparatus for access to an implanted access port and related methods
Glade H. Howell, Draper, UT (US); Bradley J. VanderStek, West Bountiful, UT (US); Jeremy B. Cox, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Laurie M. Whetstone, Magna, UT (US); Manikantan Shanmugham, Redmond, WA (US); Jason R. Stats, Layton, UT (US); and Kenneth W. Sykes, Bluffdale, UT (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,792.
Application 17/473,792 is a division of application No. 16/529,537, filed on Aug. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,123,481, issued on Sep. 21, 2021.
Application 16/529,537 is a division of application No. 14/639,706, filed on Mar. 5, 2015, granted, now 10,420,884, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/048,679, filed on Sep. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/949,972, filed on Mar. 7, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402085 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/158 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01)

CPC A61M 5/158 (2013.01) [A61M 39/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1585 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0238 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method for accessing a subcutaneously implanted access port, comprising:

obtaining a needle assembly, including a needle and a needle hub;

positioning an insertion device on a patient over the subcutaneously implanted access port, the insertion device comprising:

a stabilizing portion defining an open-ended cavity having an outer perimeter designed to circumscribe the subcutaneously implanted access port; and

a guide portion for guiding the needle along a predetermined path, the guide portion including a retainer component;

attaching the retainer component to the needle hub of the needle assembly;

pressing the stabilizing portion over the subcutaneously implanted access port;

sliding the retainer component in a longitudinal channel of the insertion device; and

guiding the needle into the subcutaneously implanted access port.