Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Disposable suction valve for an endoscope
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Application No.: US15446649Application Date: 2017-03-01
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Publication No.: US10674898B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Bob Anderson , Christopher Steven Adams , Don Byrne
- Applicant: MEDIVATORS INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medivators Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medivators Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Sorell, Lenna & Schmidt, LLP
- Agent William D. Schmidt, Esq.
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/015

Abstract:
A disposable suction valve is provided. In some embodiments, the disposable suction valve may include a stem providing an air passage through the stem, a spring, a spring stanchion cup, and a boot. A method for manufacturing a disposable suction valve may include several steps. A stem and spring stanchion cup are molded, and a bottom end of the stem is placed through the center of a spring. The bottom end of the stem is placed through a stem opening in the spring stanchion cup, and the tabs or the spring stanchion cup are placed into recessed apertures of the stem. The boot may be over-molded on the spring stanchion cup or molded and placed onto the spring stanchion cup.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170172391A1 DISPOSABLE SUCTION VALVE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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