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US 9,283,345 B2Granted
Apparatus for fluid tube
AssigneeCarefusion Corporation
InventorGarrett Austin Sheffer
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Abstract
A fluid tube is disclosed herein. The breathing circuit tube has a wall which comprises a hollow geometry. The wall defines a passageway with a central longitudinal axis therethrough. The wall is expandable and contractible to adjust a diameter and a length of the passageway. The wall includes one or more corrugations that expand and contract to adjust the diameter and length of the passageway. The corrugations extend between terminal end portions of the wall.
Claims20
A fluid tube, comprising:
- a wall comprising a hollow geometry defining a passageway with a central longitudinal axis therethrough, the wall defining a diameter and length of the passageway, the wall being expandable and contractible to adjust the diameter and the length;
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- a longitudinal partition secured to the wall and dividing the passageway into at least two lumen and having a fold in a contracted state.
A fluid tube, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical wall comprising a hollow geometry defining a passageway, the wall defining a plurality of expandable and contractible corrugations, wherein expansion and contraction of a first of the plurality of corrugations adjusts a diameter of the cylindrical wall, and expansion and contraction of a second of the plurality of corrugations adjusts a length of the cylindrical wall.
A fluid tube, comprising:
- a wall defining a diameter and a length of a passageway, the wall comprising a plurality of expandable and contractible corrugations, wherein expansion and contraction of the plurality of corrugations adjusts the diameter and the length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.