Catheter clamping assemblies
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorsRichard M. Braga, Michael R. Sansoucy
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Abstract
A clamping assembly includes a housing and at least one clamp member pivotally coupled to the housing. The housing defines a throughbore which is dimensioned to receive a tubular member. The at least one clamp member is configured to move between a first position in which the clamp member is positioned externally of the throughbore to allow fluid to flow through a tubular member positioned within the throughbore and a second position in which the clamp member extends into the throughbore and into contact with a tubular member to obstruct fluid flow through the tubular member positioned within the throughbore.
Claims18
A clamping assembly comprising:
- a housing including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the housing defining a throughbore dimensioned to receive a tubular member;
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- at least one clamp member pivotally coupled to the housing, the at least one clamp member being configured to move between a first position positioned externally of the throughbore to allow fluid flow through a tubular member positioned within the throughbore and a second position extending into the throughbore and into contact with a tubular member to obstruct fluid flow through the tubular member positioned within the throughbore.
A fluid control system comprising:
- a tubular member defining a channel extending therethrough for passage of a fluid;
- a housing defining a throughbore dimensioned to receive the tubular member;
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- a clamp member pivotally connected to the housing, the clamp member being positioned and configured to rotate into the throughbore of the housing to compress the tubular member when the tubular member is positioned therein and to rotate out of the throughbore of the housing to uncompress the tubular member when the tubular member is positioned therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.