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US 6,722,865 B2Granted
Universal tube clamp assembly
AssigneeTerumorcardiovascular Systems Corporation
InventorMichael K. Domroese
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Abstract
A clamp assembly for flexible tubing including a housing, at least one movable slide disposed within the housing, an opening defined between each side of the at least one slide and the housing for receiving flexible tubing, and a control element, rotation of the control element displacing the at least one slide in a predetermined direction to facilitate insertion of flexible tubing in the respective opening.
Claims20
A clamp assembly for flexible tubing comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one movable slide disposed within said housing;
- an opening defined between each side of said at least one slide and said housing for receiving flexible tubing;
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- a control element, rotational movement of said control element displacing said at least one slide in a predetermined lateral direction.
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A clamp assembly for flexible tubing comprising:
- a housing;
- an upper movable slide disposed within said housing;
- a lower movable slide disposed within said housing, said lower slide being disposed vertically beneath said upper slide;
- a plurality of tubing openings defined between said slides and said housing;
- a rotatable control element, rotation of said control element displacing said slides in a predetermined lateral direction.
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A method of clamping a plurality of flexible tubings comprising the steps of:
- providing a clamp assembly having a housing, at least one movable slide disposed within said housing, openings defined between each side of said at least one slide and said housing for receiving flexible tubing, and a control element;
- rotating the control element in a first direction from a neutral position so as to open the opening on a first side of the clamp assembly;
- inserting a flexible tubing through the opening;
- rotating the control element in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, to return to the neutral position, thereby closing the opening to engage the flexible tubing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.