{"entity":{"id":"huber-needles-port-access","kind":"technology","name":"Non-coring (Huber) needles for port access","aka":["Huber needle","Non-coring needle","Port needle","SafeStep Huber needle","PowerLoc"],"tldr":"The bent needle a nurse pushes through the skin into an implanted port. Its tip is shaped so it slices rather than punches the port's rubber seal, which lets the seal close again after thousands of uses.","summary":"The FDA lists these as product code PTI (non-coring (Huber) needle; 21 CFR 880.5570, class II). Examples include Bard Access Systems' PowerLoc Max power-injectable infusion set and SafeStep Huber needle set (K241353, 27 November 2024) and Intera Oncology's non-coring refill and bolus needles for its implanted hepatic artery pump (K211121, 14 October 2021). A standard needle would cut a core out of the port's silicone septum, which over time would make it leak; the deflected tip of a Huber needle avoids that. Safety designs shield the tip on removal to protect staff from needlestick injury.","status":"standard-of-care","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"FDA product code PTI: non-coring (Huber) needle","url":"https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPCD/classification.cfm?ID=PTI"},{"label":"FDA 510(k) K241353: PowerLoc Max and SafeStep Huber needle sets (27 November 2024)","url":"https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K241353"},{"label":"FDA 510(k) K211121: Intera non-coring refill and bolus needles (14 October 2021)","url":"https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K211121"}],"tags":["devices-gaps-2026-11"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":["chemotherapy","supportive-care","devices"],"technologies":["implanted-ports","infusion-devices-vascular-access","hepatic-arterial-infusion-pump"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":["becton-dickinson"],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["central-venous-access"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"provenance":{"editedBy":"OnCo device gap fill (openFDA, accessdata.fda.gov, NICE, NHS Drug Tariff Part IX, FDA, maker and society pages)","editedOn":"2026-11-04"},"principle":"A needle with a deflected, side-opening bevel parts the septum fibres instead of cutting a plug, and is usually bent at right angles so it lies flat on the skin under a dressing.","strengths":["Preserves the port septum over repeated access","Safety versions reduce needlestick injury"],"limitations":["Each access is a needle through the skin","Needle dislodgement can let a vesicant drug leak under the skin"],"since":2021},"route":"/technologies/huber-needles-port-access/","neighbours":{"section":[{"id":"chemotherapy","kind":"section","name":"Chemotherapy","route":"/fronts/chemotherapy/"},{"id":"devices","kind":"section","name":"Devices & Physical Therapies","route":"/fronts/devices/"},{"id":"supportive-care","kind":"section","name":"Supportive Care & Survivorship","route":"/fronts/supportive-care/"}],"technology":[{"id":"hepatic-arterial-infusion-pump","kind":"technology","name":"Implanted hepatic artery infusion pump (Intera 3000)","route":"/technologies/hepatic-arterial-infusion-pump/"},{"id":"implanted-ports","kind":"technology","name":"Implanted ports for chemotherapy (port-a-cath, power-injectable, apheresis and intraperitoneal ports)","route":"/technologies/implanted-ports/"},{"id":"infusion-devices-vascular-access","kind":"technology","name":"Infusion pumps, ports, and ambulatory chemotherapy devices","route":"/technologies/infusion-devices-vascular-access/"}],"company":[{"id":"becton-dickinson","kind":"company","name":"BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)","route":"/companies/becton-dickinson/"}],"term":[{"id":"central-venous-access","kind":"term","name":"Central venous access (port, PICC line)","route":"/terms/central-venous-access/"}]}}