Infusion device

Abstract

Abstract This device consists of a capsule (2) made of a biocompatible material and intended to be implanted under the skin of the patient. It comprises a bottom part (3) into which there opens one end of a catheter (12) whose other end opens into a vein or other organ to be perfused, and a cover (4) which, fixed on the bottom part and facing towards the skin of the patient, has a central opening (22) and serves to hold compressed against the bottom part a self-sealing plug (20), on either side of which there are situated, on the one hand, the opening (22) formed in the cover and, on the other hand, a cavity (8) formed in the bottom part of the capsule and into which the catheter (12) opens. Application to repeated intravenous injections. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Henri Meriaux

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