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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakagami, Osaka, JP;
Minami Kawabe, Osaka, JP;
Tomoe Morita, Osaka, JP;
Issei Kamei, Osaka, JP;
NIPRO CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The flow path switching device includes: a bodyincluding an outer cylinderhaving four portsand a plughaving two arc-shaped tunnel-like flow pathseach connecting adjacent two of four openingsformed in a side surface of the plug. The plugis rotatable between a first position and a second position, the first position being a position in which one of the flow pathsconnects adjacent two of the four portsand the other flow pathconnects the remaining two ports, and the second position being a position in which each of the flow paths connects adjacent two of the portswhich are not connected when the plugis located at the first position.