CPC A61M 5/3287 (2013.01) [A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 5/6861 (2013.01); A61M 5/14248 (2013.01); A61M 5/158 (2013.01); A61M 25/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/6865 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 2562/162 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1585 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1587 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1726 (2013.01); A61M 5/46 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3576 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An insertion site, comprising:
a patient-side surface;
a central hub having a side aperture formed therein;
a subcutaneous element coupled to the site at an acute angle with respect to the patient-side surface; and
a septum having a longitudinal axis that is coaxial with a longitudinal septum axis of the central hub extending substantially orthogonally from the patient side surface,
wherein the side aperture of the central hub configured to enable an insertion needle to pass through the septum at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal septum axis, to enter the subcutaneous element at the oblique angle.
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