Catheter snapped valve
US6413250B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/0097
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cannula valve arrangement made from a suitably resilient polymeric material including a body (10) having a substantially cylindrical cavity (16) for receiving a medical apparatus hub (32, 34) and a sleeve (14) having a bore (18) for receiving a cannula (28), which is open into the body cavity. A zone (20) of the body wall which defines the cavity (16) is convexly bulged from the body (10) and is adapted to snap from its convex shape into a concave shape in the body cavity (16) when pressed over-center into the body to close the bore (18) of the sleeve (14) to the cavity until again moved outwardly from the cavity (16).
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