Assemblies for identifying a power injectable access port

US8475417B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• C.R. Bard, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kelly B. Powers · North Salt Lake, US
• Jim C. Beasley · Phoenix, US
• Kevin W. Sheetz · Sandy, US
• Matthew M. Lowe · Draper, US
• Eddie K. Burnside · Bountiful, US
• Jay Gerondale · Newbury Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/139
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Assemblies for identifying a power injectable vascular access port are described. One assembly includes a vascular access port, a first identifiable feature, a second identifiable feature, and a third identifiable feature. The first identifiable feature is incorporated into the access port and identifies the access port as suitable for flowing fluid at a fluid flow rate of at least 1 milliliter per second through the access port. The second identifiable feature is incorporated into the access port and identifies the access port as suitable for accommodating a pressure within the cavity of at least 35 psi. The third identifiable feature is separated from the access port and confirms that the implanted access port is both suitable for flowing fluid at a rate of at least 1 milliliter per second through the access port and for accommodating a pressure within the cavity of at least 35 psi.