Implantable injection port with tissue in-growth promoter

US8852217B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Scott A. Woodruff · Cincinnati, US
• Eric Thompson · Low Wood, GB
• Sarah A. Noschang · Mason, US
• Amy L. Marcotte · Mason, US
• Michael J. Vendely · Lebanon, US
• James Christopher Andrews · Mableton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2039/0261
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgically implantable injection port has a tissue in-growth promoting surface associated with a fluid conduit that is coupled to the injection port. The injection port includes a housing, a fluid reservoir defined in part by the housing, a needle penetrable septum, a fluid conduit in communication with the reservoir, and a tissue in-growth promoting surface coupled to the fluid conduit. The tissue in-growth promoting surface may be provided by surgical mesh wrapped around the conduit or through which the conduit is threaded. The injection port and the fluid conduit may be used as part of a gastric band system or some other type of system.