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US 4,307,869 AGranted
One way slide clamp for tubing
AssigneeBaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
InventorHerbert Mittleman
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Abstract
A one-way slide clamp is provided having a slot member with a one-way passageway intermediate a tube receiving section and a tube crimping section to restrain the tubing in the crimping section thereby permanently sealing the fluid passageway.
Claims9
A slide clamp for tubing having a fluid passageway comprising:
- an elongated body having a longitudinal length and transvers width;
- a slot member disposed within said body having a receiving section and a crimping section, said receiving section being dimensioned to loosely restrain the tubing and said crimping section being dimensioned to crimp shut the fluid passageway;
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- one-way means intermediate said receiving and said crimping sections for allowing longitudinal movement of the tubing from the receiving section to the crimping section and for thereafter preventing longitudinal movement of the crimped tubing from the crimping section, whereby the clamp is loosely held in place with the tubing positioned within the receiving section until an operator longitudinally positions and seals the tubing in the crimping section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.