A spring for a check valve, comprising:
- a laminar base body with a first surface, a second surface and a center point,
- two or more spring arms cooperating resiliently with the base body and which, in a relieved state, lift from the first surface or the second surface,
- wherein the spring arms form a free end and have a longitudinal axis that extends through the free end and tangentially to a circle about the center point of the base body,
- wherein the spring arms form in each instance a bending line with the base body, and the base body comprises grooves extending parallel to one another, wherein the bending lines do not extend parallel to the grooves.