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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Carefusion Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Garrett Austin Sheffer, Towata, NJ (US);
Assignee:
CAREFUSION CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0875 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fluid tube is disclosed herein. The breathing circuit tube has a wall which comprises a hollow geometry. The wall defines a passageway with a central longitudinal axis therethrough. The wall is expandable and contractible to adjust a diameter and a length of the passageway. The wall includes one or more corrugations that expand and contract to adjust the diameter and length of the passageway. The corrugations extend between terminal end portions of the wall.