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Flexible tubing clamp and method of use

US4769004A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1987
Grant dateSep 6, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61J15/0061
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A clamp with a clamping body to accommodate a flexible hose extending through the bottom of a recess and bending over to lie along the bottom of the recess through a channel created by the recess with a slider movable thereover. The flexible tube can be used to provide access to a human stomach, being placed through the stomach wall by surgical methods with the clamp used to control flows therethrough.

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