Locking slide clamp
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorsRaymond P. Feith, Soon Y. Park
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Abstract
A clamp is provided. The clamp includes a flexible uniform body. The flexible uniform body includes an aperture configured to allow a tubing to pass through the flexible uniform body. The aperture is configured to allow unrestricted flow of a fluid within the tubing when the tubing is at a first position of the aperture and restrict the flow of the fluid within the tubing when the tubing is at a second position of the aperture. The flexible uniform body includes an engageable coupling mechanism disposed at a first portion of the flexible uniform body. The coupling mechanism is configured to, when engaged, cover at least a portion of a release point of the aperture such that the tubing is locked in place within a pinch point of the aperture.
Claims20
A clamp, comprising:
- a flexible body including:
- an aperture configured to allow a tubing to pass through the flexible body, wherein:
- a first end of the aperture comprises a release point configured to allow unrestricted flow of a fluid within the tubing when the tubing is positioned at the first end of the aperture, and
- a second end of the aperture comprises a pinch point configured to restrict the flow of the fluid within the tubing when the tubing is positioned at the second end of the aperture;
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- an engageable coupling mechanism disposed at a first portion of the flexible body, the coupling mechanism configured to, when engaged, cover at least a portion of the release point of the aperture such that the tubing is locked in place within the pinch point of the aperture.
A clamp, comprising:
- a flexible body including:
- a first area having a first width equal to at least a diameter of a tubing to allow unrestricted flow;
- a second area having a second width substantially less than the diameter of the tubing to restrict the flow;
- a transition area connecting the first area and the second area whereby a width of the transition area decreases from the first width to the second width;
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- an engageable coupling mechanism disposed at a first portion of the flexible body, the coupling mechanism configured to, when engaged, cover at least a portion of the first area such that the tubing is locked in place within the first area or the second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.