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Check valve for a trocar system

US7322964B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 2004
Grant dateJan 29, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/3498
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flap valve for a trocar system including a valve housing (12) that is proximally attachable to a guide tube (10), a lead-through opening (30) formed in the valve housing (12), and a pivotally mounted flap valve (46). The flap valve (46) is manually pivotable from a “closed” position to an “open” position via a slide rod. The slide rod (52) is mebedded in the body (12), is radially slidable and contacts with its inner end an actuation area of the flap valve (46).

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