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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Owen Shawn Sobelman, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Janel Birk, Oxnard, CA (US);
Inventors:
Owen Shawn Sobelman, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Janel Birk, Oxnard, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A slit valve () for use with an inflatable medical device having a flange surface () with an opening therein. The slit valve () has a valve body () connected to the flange surface () and a chamber formed in the valve body () for accepting an inflation tube () inserted through the opening in the flange surface (). The slit valve () has a concave section at one or both ends, which are connected by a slit () formed in the valve body ().