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Medical valve having fluid flow indicia

US5135026A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 1989
Grant dateAug 4, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 16, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86871
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical valve comprises a rotatable member having a fluid flow path formed by a passageway. Flow path indicia on a surface of the rotatable member follows a path along the surface which substantially replicates the fluid flow path of the passage so as to indicate the orientation of the fluid flow path.

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