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Needleless access port valves

  • US 20070191786A1
  • Filed: 02/14/2006
  • Published: 08/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A valve assembly comprising a piston positioned inside a valve housing;

  • the valve housing having an interior cavity, a bottom opening, and an inlet nozzle having an inlet opening and an interior wall surface;

    the piston comprising a flange, a neck section, a body section, and a base;

    the piston further comprising a slit having a first slit surface and a second slit surface extending through the flange in a direction of the inlet opening towards the bottom opening and through at least part of the neck section below the flange, and wherein the flange is in contact with the interior wall surface of the inlet nozzle to force at least a portion of the first and the second slit surfaces into contact with one another.

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