Closure devices
AssigneeIntersurgical AG
InventorSimon Robert Payne
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Abstract
A closure device (10) is disclosed for use with an access port (62,72,82,92) of a medical respiratory apparatus (60,70,80,90). The closure device (10) comprises a cap (14) that seals the access port (62,72,82,92) save for an opening (28) in the cap (14), and a closure (16) for sealing the opening (28). The cap (14) includes a portion of flexible material (26) in which the opening (28) is formed, and is hingedly mounted with respect to the access port (62,72,82,92).
Claims18
A closure device for use with an access port of a medical respiratory apparatus, the closure device comprising a cap for sealing the access port save for an opening in the cap, and a closure for sealing the opening, the cap including a portion of flexible material in which the opening is formed, and the cap being hingedly mounted with respect to the access port.
A closure device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the cap is movable between an open position, in which the access port is not obstructed, and a closed position in which the access port is sealed save for the opening in the cap.
A closure device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the cap comprises a portion of relatively rigid plastics material and a portion of elastomeric material in which the opening is formed.
A closure device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the closure is hingedly mounted with respect to the opening.
Medical respiratory apparatus comprising an access port and a closure device as claimed in any preceding claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.