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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Paul Zeytoonian, Sudbury, MA (US);
Ian Kimball, Clinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Zeytoonian, Sudbury, MA (US);
Ian Kimball, Clinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
NP Medical Inc., Clinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 39/04 (2006.01); A61M 39/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/045 (2013.01); A61M 39/26 (2013.01); A61M 2039/262 (2013.01);
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 having an inlet and an outlet, and a resilient member within the housing. The resilient member has a body portion with a free state when undeformed by external mechanical forces and a deformed state when the valve is in the closed mode. The body portion is formed to return toward the free state as the valve transitions from the closed mode to the open mode and defining at least part of a fluid path through the valve.