guide wire or other appropriate device into the catheter after implantation provides a significant advantage in terms of clearing the catheter or importantly initially placing the catheter tip at an appropriate location within the body such is extremely difficult in prior art right angle systems as can be appreciated from fig2 the use of a straight needle provides a material advantage over prior techniques additionally if the needle is required to be taped down then it is a simple matter of affixing the needle when in contact with the septum to the skin yet not substantially immobilize the patient thus for example if the port 10 is implanted in an arm the needle can simply be taped or strapped in place thereby anchoring the needle to the body during infusion or injections requiring a period of time fig3 illustrates a second embodiment of an in line port in accordance with this invention as illustrated in fig3 the port is generally circular and comprises the body member 30 having an opening 32 a self sealing septum 34 is placed into the body 30 to close off the opening 32 and provide a suitable target the port has a hollow portion 36 generally axially in line with the self sealing septum 34 the hollow portion serving as a reservoir terminates into a zone which is tapped that is.