Transcutaneous infusion system

Claim 1

A transcutaneous infusion system comprising A. an implantable infusate injection port including a housing and having a self-sealing injection septum leading into the port and an outlet tube leading from the port, said injection port being arranged to be implanted in a human or animal body with the septum located directly under the skin and the outlet tube leading to an infusion site in the body; B. an injection set including a flexible injection cannula and a fitting at one end of the cannula, the opposite end of the cannula being insertable through said septum into the port; and C. a cannula retaining bracket having opposite end segments which are generally perpendicular to one another and an intermediate segment which makes a curved transition between said two end segments, all of said segments lying in a common first plane, and tab means integral with said retaining means and extending in a second plane perpendicular to said first plane and having a flat undersurface so that, when the bracket is positioned with its tab means undersurface flush against the skin surface with said one end segment located adjacent to the injection site, the bracket retains said cannula in a gentle more or less right-angle bend with the cannula fitting held close to the skin surface.