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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Applicants:
Spencer W. Beaufore, Dublin, OH (US);
Glenn D. Brunner, Dublin, OH (US);
Inventors:
Spencer W. Beaufore, Dublin, OH (US);
Glenn D. Brunner, Dublin, OH (US);
Assignee:
Opticon Medical, Inc., Dublin, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/16 (2006.01); A61M 25/18 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); F16K 15/14 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flow control valve () such as for a catheter () allows discharge of urine from a bladder () by manual actuation. The valve () may be a double-duckbill valve () with a single slit () at one apex () thereof. An elastomeric band () is positioned in a groove () of the valve member (). An isolation member such as a stem () spaces the valve () from the walls () of the valve housing (). Crush limiting structure, such as a tube () or blade (), is provided within valve member (), or stop elements (or) are positioned external to valve member ().