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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
George G Siposs, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604119 ; 604118 ; 604119 ; 604 32 ; 604129 ; 604248 ; 1375123 ; 15421 ; 251345 ;
Abstract
The valve is positioned in the left ventricle drain line and includes a check valve which permits flow only away from the heart and downstream of the check valve includes a vent valve which prevents buildup of pressure. In addition, the valve includes a manually adjustable vacuum control orifice whereby the surgeon can control the left ventricle drain line vacuum intensity applied to the heart.