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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2007
Ian Kimball, Clinton, MA (US);
Todd S. Vangsness, Stow, MA (US);
Jeffrey F. Kane, Hudson, MA (US);
Nypro Inc., Clinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A medical valve has an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the medical valve has a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a movable member with a member channel therethrough. The member channel extends between a proximal opening and a distal opening of the movable member. The movable member is movable in a given direction to cause the valve to transition from the closed mode to the open mode. The distal opening of the member channel has a given dimension that is generally parallel with the given direction, and a second dimension that is generally orthogonal to the given dimension. The given dimension is smaller than the second dimension.