Dual lumen port with F-shaped connector
View Patent ↗A port for subcutaneous implantation, comprising a housing including first and second wells formed therein and a substantially F-shaped flow element including first and second lumens extending therethrough wherein, when in an operative configuration the F-shaped flow element is coupled to the housing with a proximal end of each of the lumens in fluid communication with a respective one of the first and second wells for receiving fluid therefrom, and wherein distal ends of each of the lumens form outlets, each outlet being coupleable to a lumen of a medical catheter, the F-shaped flow element including first and second arms extending from a trunk with the first lumen extending through the first arm to the trunk and the second lumen extending through the second arm to the trunk, the first and second lumens being separated from one another within the trunk.
1. A kit, comprising:
(a) a port for subcutaneous implantation, the port comprising:
a housing including at least two wells formed therein; and
a plurality of outlets, each outlet being in fluid communication with at least one of said wells;
(b) a plurality of F-shaped flow connectors, each connector comprising:
a stem connectable to a catheter, the stem having a single outer wall and an inner wall defining first and second lumens therethrough; and
first and second arms, each arm including a single outer wall defining a single lumen contiguous with one of the first and second lumens of the stem, respectively, and each arm being connectable to one of said outlets; and
(c) a catheter having a proximal end connectable to a stem of one of said plurality of F-shaped flow connectors and a distal end insertable into a blood vessel of a patient,
wherein the plurality of F-shaped flow connectors are non-identical, and
wherein each of the F-shaped flow connectors are characterized by different arm lengths or different stem lengths or different angles formed between the stem and the arms relative to the other F-shaped flow connectors.
2. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second wells are positioned along an axis of the housing and wherein the outlets extend from the housing at a first angle relative to the axis, and wherein the arms of one or more F-shaped connectors extend from the stem at an angle approximately equal to the first angle.
3. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the port includes at least one flow control valve located between a well and an outlet.
4. The kit of claim 1 , wherein each of the F-shaped flow connectors are characterized by different arm lengths relative to the other F-shaped flow connectors.
5. The kit of claim 1 , wherein each of the F-shaped flow connectors are characterized by different stem lengths relative to the other F-shaped flow connectors.
6. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second arms extend from the stem at first and second angles, and each of the F-shaped flow connectors are characterized by different first and second angles relative to the other F-shaped flow connectors.
7. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the F-shaped connectors are reversibly connectable to the outlets.