Sliding flow controller
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorWesley UNDERWOOD
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Abstract
A flow controller is provided. The flow controller includes an upper housing, a lower housing slidably coupled to the upper housing, and a flexible clamp. The flexible clamp includes an upper section mounted in the upper housing, a lower section disposed in the lower housing, a first curved flexible member coupled between the upper section and the lower section, and a second curved flexible member coupled between the upper section and the lower section. The upper and lower housings are slidably coupled linearly and without rotation relative to each other, and the flexible clamp is configured to receive a flexible tube between the first and second curved flexible members and between the upper and lower sections.
Claims20
A flow controller, comprising:
- an upper housing;
- a lower housing slidably coupled to the upper housing;
- and
- a flexible clamp comprising:
- an upper section mounted in the upper housing;
- a lower section disposed in the lower housing;
- a first curved flexible member coupled between the upper section and the lower section;
- and
- a second curved flexible member coupled between the upper section and the lower section,
- wherein the upper and lower housings are slidably coupled linearly and without rotation relative to each other,
- wherein the flexible clamp is configured to receive a flexible tube between the first and second curved flexible members and between the upper and lower sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.