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US 4,895,346 AGranted
Valve assembly
AssigneeThe Kendall Company
InventorCarl J. Steigerwald
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Abstract
A valve assembly comprising, a hollow body member having a cavity, a compression member received on one end of the body member and having an annular flange aligned with the cavity, a device for adjusting the position of the compression member relative to the body member, and a valve device for sealingly engaging against a catheter passing through the valve device, and responsive to compression by the compression member to immobilize the catheter in the valve device.
Claims18
A valve assembly, comprising:
- a hollow body member having a cavity;
- a compression member received on one end of the body member and having an annular flange aligned with the cavity;
- means for adjusting the position of the compression member relative to the body member;
- a first elastic valve member received in the cavity and having a disc with slit means extending therethrough, and annular rim extending from the disc;
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- a second elastic valve member received in the cavity and having a disc with slit means extending therethrough, and an annular rim extending from the disc, said first and second valve members sealingly engaging against a catheter passing therethrough, and being responsive to compression by the compression member to immobilize the catheter.
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A valve assembly, comprising:
- a hollow body member having a cavity;
- a compression member received on one end of the body member and having an annular flange aligned with the cavity;
- means for adjusting the position of the compression member relative to the body member;
- a first elastic valve member received in the cavity and having a disc with an opening extending therethrough, and an annular rim extending from the disc;
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- a second elastic valve member received in the cavity and having a disc with slit means extending therethrough, and an annular rim extending from the disc, said first and second valve members sealingly engaging against a catheter passing therethrough, and being responsive to compression by the compression member to immobilize the catheter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.