Valve device, removing tool and mounting tool
AssigneeCendres & Metaux SA
InventorsHans MESSERLI, Adrian AUDERSET, Daniel SCHUTZ
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Abstract
A valve device suitable for detachably fixing to an access port and includes a fixation clip which has at least a first and second fixation member each of which have one or more rims each having a surface which veers in a direction towards the valve device. There is further provided a removing tool for removing the valve device from an access port. There is further provided a mounting tool for mounting a valve device in an access port. An assembly having a mounting tool and a valve device is also provided.
Claims20
A valve device suitable for detachably fixing to an access port, the valve device comprising,
- one or more valves which are selectively operable to be in an open or closed configuration;
- a fixation clip which comprises at least a first and second fixation member, wherein, the fixation members are configured to mechanically cooperate with the access port to detachably fix the valve device to the access port,
- wherein each of the fixation members comprise one or more rims which project from a surface of a respective fixation member and which extend along at least a portion of the length of the respective fixation member, and wherein each of said one or more rims have a surface which veers in a direction towards the valve device, so that a tool which mechanically cooperates with said surfaces of the rims can be moved in a direction towards the valve device to cause the fixation members to be flexed apart to remove the valve device from the access port.
A removing tool for removing a valve device which comprises one or more valves which are selectively operable to be in an open or closed configuration and a fixation clip which comprises at least a first and second fixation member, wherein the fixation members are configured to mechanically cooperate with the access port to detachably fix the valve device to the access port, each of the fixation members comprising one or more rims each of which having a surface which veers in a direction towards the valve device, so that a tool can mechanically cooperate with said surfaces of the rims to remove the valve device from the access port;
- said valve device being detachably fixed to an access port from the access port, the removing tool comprising:
- at least two elements each of which can be arranged to abut with said surface of the rim provided on the respective fixation member of the valve device, wherein the elements are fixed in the removing tool so that each of the elements is moved along said surface of the rim of the respective fixation member as the removing tool is advanced towards the valve device, so that the fixation members are moved apart and the valve device becomes detached from the access port;
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- a fixation clip arranged for holding the valve device after it has become detached from the access port, so that the valve device is fixed to the removing tool after the valve device has been detached from the access port by the elements.
A mounting tool for mounting a valve device in an access port, the valve device comprising, one or more valves which are selectively operable to be in an open or closed configuration and a fixation clip which comprises at least a first and second fixation member, wherein the fixation members are configured to mechanically cooperate with the access port to detachably fix the valve device to the access port, each of the fixation members comprising one or more rims each of which having a surface which veers in a direction towards the valve device, so that a tool can mechanically cooperate with said surfaces of the rims to remove the valve device from the access port;
- the mounting tool comprising:
- a cavity defined in a body of the mounting tool, suitable for receiving a valve device;
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- a holding clip into which the fixation members of a valve device which is positioned in the cavity can clip only when the fixation members are flexed apart, so as to hold the valve device in the cavity only when the fixation members are flexed apart.
An assembly comprising
- a valve device, which comprises one or more valves which are selectively operable to be in an open or closed configuration:
- a fixation clip which comprises at least a first and second fixation member, wherein the fixation members are configured to mechanically cooperate with the access port to detachably fix the valve device to the access port, each of the fixation members comprising one or more rims each of which having a surface which veers in a direction towards the valve device, so that a tool can mechanically cooperate with said surfaces of the rims to remove the valve device from the access port,
- and a mounting tool comprising a cavity defined in a body of the mounting tool, suitable for receiving the valve device;
- and a holding clip into which the fixation members of the valve device which is positioned in the cavity can clip only when the fixation members are flexed apart, so as to hold the valve device in the cavity only when the fixation members are flexed apart;
- wherein the valve device is located in the cavity of the mounting tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.