and fascia layers subcutaneous fat layer and the skin to assemble injection port 20 to the free end of catheter 20 then the surgeon implants the injection port subcutaneously at the desired location on the patient 39 s abdomen as shown in fig3 a catheter element 16 fits over catheter 20 and locks catheter 20 tightly over catheter support 8 of injection port 2 a catheter protector 18 also fits over catheter 20 and helps to prevent accidental puncture of catheter 20 when the surgeon accesses injection port 2 with a hypodermic needle during later injections of fluid once catheter 20 is fluidly connected to injection port 2 the surgeon attaches injection port 2 with a plurality of sutures 22 to the fascia 26 covering the muscular layer of tissue typically the surgeon spends several minutes to suture injection port 2 to fascia 26 working with limited access through an incision 24 in the patient fig4 shows injection port 2 attached to fascia 26 with four sutures 22 prior to closure of incision 24 the below embodiments describe an injection port that may be configurable into a collapsed or an undeployed position to facilitate placement into the tissue of the patient and may be configurable once positioned in the tissue of the patient into an extended or a deployed position for long term stability the injection port resists u201c flipping u201d over thereby allowing needle access to the septum for adding or withdrawing fluid and provides sites for tissue in.