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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas F. Fangrow, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jonathan T. Schmidt, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Daniel J. Wait, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Dennis M. Bui, Orange, CA (US);
Assignee:
ICU Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 ;
Abstract
A medical valve device for use in selectively establishing a fluid flow between first and second medical implements is disclosed. The valve has a body defining a passage from a first port to a second port. The valve defines a first fluid volume when both medical implements are connected thereto, and a second, smaller volume when one of the implements is disconnected, thereby causing a positive flow of fluid from the valve to the second medical implement when the first implement is disconnected.