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A port is a small disc placed under the skin of the chest or arm with a thin tube running into a large vein. Nurses reach it through the skin with a special needle, so chemotherapy and blood tests do not need a new needle in an arm vein every time.
The FDA classes implanted venous ports under product code LJT (port and catheter, implanted, subcutaneous, intravascular; 21 CFR 880.5965, class II). Current examples in the 510(k) database include AngioDynamics SmartPort+ and SmartPort plastic ports (K190559, 22 May 2020), the Medcomp Dignity Dual Port (K153238, 15 March 2016) and the Cook Vital-Port power-injectable port (K150733, 21 May 2015). Power-injectable ports tolerate the high pressures of contrast injection for CT. Two special kinds share the same regulation: apheresis ports (code PTD), such as C.R. Bard's PowerFlow implantable apheresis port (K191143, 2 August 2019), which carry the higher flows needed to collect or exchange blood cells, and intraperitoneal ports (code LLD), which lead into the abdominal cavity rather than a vein for intraperitoneal chemotherapy; the earliest LLD clearance in the database is Pharmacia's Port-A-Cath implantable catheter system (K864552, 31 March 1987).
A port is reached with a non-coring (Huber) needle, which has its own record, and needs flushing when not in use. The risks named on the vascular access record apply: infection, blood clots in the vein and blockage of the catheter.
A titanium or plastic reservoir with a self-sealing silicone septum sits in a pocket under the skin; its catheter tip lies in the superior vena cava (or in the peritoneal cavity for an intraperitoneal port), and a non-coring needle passed through the skin and septum gives repeated access.
Query for this technology: (TITLE:"Implanted ports for chemotherapy" OR ABSTRACT:"Implanted ports for chemotherapy" OR TITLE:"port-a-cath, power-injectable, apheresis and intraperitoneal ports" OR ABSTRACT:"port-a-cath, power-injectable, apheresis and intraperitoneal ports" OR TITLE:"Implanted port" OR ABSTRACT:"Implanted port" OR TITLE:"Portacath" OR ABSTRACT:"Portacath") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about Implanted ports for chemotherapy (port-a-cath, power-injectable, apheresis and intraperitoneal ports), not a curated reading list.
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