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Apparatus for reducing fluid drawback through a medical valve

US6883778B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 2000
Grant dateApr 26, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S604/905
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical valve for valving fluid includes a housing defining a chamber having an inlet, an outlet, and an interior wall, a compressible member within the chamber, and a fluid channel defined by the interior wall. The fluid channel directs fluid received from the inlet toward the outlet.

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