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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Todd S. Vangsness, Stow, MA (US);
Jeffrey F. Kane, Hudson, MA (US);
Ian Kimball, Clinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nypro Inc., Clinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); F16L 37/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical valve transitions between an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the valve has a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and actuator moveable distally within the housing. The medical valve also has a resilient member with an aperture. The distal movement of the actuator opens the aperture within the resilient member, thereby transitioning the medical valve from the open to the closed mode.