SIMULTANEOUS USE OF IMAGING AND ENHANCED NEEDLES OR DEVICES TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF IMPLANTABLE PUMP REFILLS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

SIMULTANEOUS USE OF IMAGING AND ENHANCED NEEDLES OR DEVICES TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF IMPLANTABLE PUMP REFILLS AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Method of safely refilling or accessing a reservoir of an implanted fluid delivery device. The method includes guiding a bent or angled needle into the reservoir while observing an image the implanted fluid delivery device and with the bent or angled needle being oriented in a direction that faces a...

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Hauptverfasser: PENAKE, David, SAULINO, Michael
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:Method of safely refilling or accessing a reservoir of an implanted fluid delivery device. The method includes guiding a bent or angled needle into the reservoir while observing an image the implanted fluid delivery device and with the bent or angled needle being oriented in a direction that faces away from an imaging device probe oriented in a substantially vertical orientation and overlying the implanted fluid delivery device.