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Paul J Motisi

Thomas C Bumsted

Steven A Motisi

Dale Tokarz

Bruce Flesher

A valve, insertable in a standard catheter, prevents undesired backflow of fluid and provides for blood samples to be taken through a standard catheter. This valve is a check valve having a housing with a check plate mounted therein.

Valve for use with a catheter

A catheter apparatus having a housing with a throughbore. A seal is mounted within the throughbore. The seal has a peripheral sealing surface that contacts an external surface of a sleeve when the sleeve is mounted within the throughbore. A one-way valve or check valve is mounted within the throughbore, preferably between the peripheral sealing surface and the sleeve. When the sleeve is withdrawn from the throughbore, the one-way valve prevents fluid, such as a blood sample, from flowing outside of the housing.

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Paul J Motisi