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Suction device and a method of manufacturing the same

US4589869A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 13, 1983
Grant dateMay 20, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 13, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S604/902
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention discloses an improved suction device and a method of making the same. The improved device comprises a valve means for one time use, particularly in health care field. The valve device is made from two parts which are pushed into one another while bending at least one resilient lip into a shunt conduit or into abutment over the shunt conduit opening to the channel, so that the lip is limited in its movement by another part of the device.

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