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Access device maintenance apparatus and method

  • US 20040093018A1
  • Filed: 10/16/2002
  • Published: 05/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical access device having a stored state and an active state, and being formed with a working channel adapted to provide access through the device and into a body conduit, comprising:

  • an access valve disposed along the working channel;

    a first compliant material included in the access valve;

    a second material included in the access valve in an opposing relationship with the first material;

    the first material and the second material defining a slit extending through the access valve along the working channel;

    the slit in the active state of the device being normally closed with the first material contacting the second material;

    a strip disposed in the slit to inhibit the contacting relationship of the first material and the second material-in the stored state of the device, the strip being removable from the slit to initiate the active state.

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