Stopcock on a catheter-like or a sheath-like medical installation
OwnerJohan-Christoph Gellerinventor
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Abstract
A stopcock having a deflectable stopcock lever. Said stopcock is fixedly connected to a catheter-like or sheath-like medical installation for supplying drugs into a blood vessel of a patient or an animal or for withdrawing blood from the vessel, with a blocking device being provided on the stopcock, ensuring trouble-free retraction of the medical installation from the vessel or replacement of the medical installation. This is preferably a three-way stopcock.
Claims10
A stopcock which is fixedly connected as an end part to a catheter-like or charging sheath-like medical installation for supplying medicines into a vessel of a patient or for withdrawing body fluid from a vessel, the stopcock comprising:
- a stopcock housing having a plurality of radial connections leading away from the stopcock housing;
- a stopcock body having a control channel, the stopcock body being mounted in the stopcock housing and connected with a stopcock lever in a fixed manner for rotating the stopcock body within the stopcock housing;
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- a blocking device provided at a free end of the stopcock lever, wherein said blocking device shuts a gap formed by parts of the stopcock lever, the stopcock housing, and one of the radial connections at least in a closing state of the stopcock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.