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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Applicant:
Eric R. Hennessy, Lewisville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Eric R. Hennessy, Lewisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61M 25/1018 (2013.01); A61M 2039/2433 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3441 (2013.01); A61M 39/24 (2013.01); A61M 2039/2426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve configured for a lumen of medical device is provided. The valve includes a valve body that may be elastically deformed from a first configuration to a second configuration. The valve body includes a lumen having a closed configuration and an open configuration. The lumen may be actuated from the closed configuration to the open configuration by elastically deforming the valve body from the first configuration to the second configuration. The valve body may include a portion configured to form a seal with an interior surface of a lumen of a medical device.