Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical valve with a variable diameter seal
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Application No.: US15966173Application Date: 2018-04-30
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Publication No.: US10881846B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Greg Furnish , Anthony Appling , Ben Morris , Timothy S. Zeis
- Applicant: FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Carpinteria
- Assignee: FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLC
- Current Assignee: FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carpinteria
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Main IPC: A61M39/02
- IPC: A61M39/02 ; A61M39/06 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/018 ; A61M39/10

Abstract:
A medical valve assembly includes a tube extending between a first and second tube end along an axis, and a plunger plate extends radially from the second tube end. A valve housing surrounds the tube and includes a radially inwardly extending flange. A compression member is biased against the plunger plate and compresses an elastomeric seal from a non-compressed condition to a compressed condition to establish a sealed condition of the medical valve assembly. An inner surface of the elastomeric seal in the non-compressed condition has a plurality of planar portions and a plurality of radiused portions, with adjacent planar portions interconnected with one of the radiused portions to improve a closure of the elastomeric seal during compression. The inner surface preferably includes three planar portions and three radiused portions to define a generally triangular-shaped inner surface as viewed in cross section in the non-compressed condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180256876A1 MEDICAL VALVE WITH A VARIABLE DIAMETER SEAL Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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