Locking tube clip
AssigneeFisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
InventorsLaurence Gulliver, Michael Paul Ronayne, Puqing Zhang, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Rex Gordon Faithfull
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Abstract
A component useable with one or more tube comprises a body engageable with one or more external surface recesses of the one or more tubes. The component has a pair of jaws extending from the body for gripping an item. The component is configured, such that, in use, in a first orientation of the body relative to the respective tube(s) recesses, the component is movable along a length of the tube(s); and, in a second orientation of the body relative to the respective tube(s) recesses, the component is resistive to movement along a length of the tube(s).
Claims40
A component for use with one or more tubes, the component comprising:
- a body engageable with one or more external surface recesses of respective one or more tubes, and
- a pair of jaws extending from the body for gripping an item,
- such that, in use, in a first orientation of the body relative to the respective tube(s) recesses, the component is movable along a length of the tube(s), and in a second orientation of the body relative to the respective tube(s) recesses, the component is resistive to movement along a length of the tube(s).
The component as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 28, wherein the body configured to be engageable with two or more tubes.
The component as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 29, wherein the body is configured to substantially surround two or more tubes.
The component as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the tube(s) is a medical breathing tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.