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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Deka Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
Bob D. Peret, Bedford, NH (US);
Derek G. Kane, Manchester, NH (US);
John M. Kerwin, Manchester, NH (US);
Colin H. Murphy, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brian H. Yoo, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brian D. Tracey, Litchfield, NH (US);
Matthew J. Johnson, Dunbarton, NH (US);
Thomas S. Schnellinger, North Andover, MA (US);
Christopher C. Langenfeld, Nashua, NH (US);
Michael J. Slate, Merrimack, NH (US);
DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for regulating fluid flow are disclosed. The apparatus includes a curved, elongated support member elastically deformable and having first and second ends. The apparatus also include an opposing support member configured to position a tube against the curved, elongated support member between the first and second ends. Deformation of the curved, elongated support member by movement of the first and second ends toward each other reduces an internal volume of the tube.