Multiple additive valve assembly
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1. A multiple valve assembly for use in transferring fluid in medical applications, comprising:
- an elongate hollow body portion having means on one end portion thereof for accommodating a fluid pressure establishing means, a first tube connector on another end portion thereof, a tube connector accommodating means between said ends and oriented at a right angle with respect to said first tube connector, an outer wall, a first port defined in said outer wall to fluidly connect said tube connector accommodating means with the interior of said hollow body portion and a second port defined in said wall to fluidly connect said first tube connector with the interior of said hollow body;
a top portion affixed to said body portion and including a second hollow tube connector positioned to be accommodated in said body portion tube connector accommodating means so that fluid communication between the inside of said second hollow tube connector and said body portion first port is possible;
a pair of flexible valve discs mounted on said hollow body portion, said valve discs being co-planar with each other and oriented at a right angle with one of said tube connectors and in a plane which is substantially parallel with the other one of said tube connectors, one of said valve discs positioned to occlude said second tube connector and the other valve disc being positioned to occlude said second port; and
valve disc biasing means adjacent each of said valve discs for biasing said valve discs toward an occluding position.
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Abstract
A multiple valve assembly for use in the medical field includes a pair of flexible valve discs which are essentially co-planar with each other. A pair of tube connectors are oriented to be at an essentially right angle with respect to each other, and fluid communication between the interior of a hollow body and the tube connectors is controlled by the valve discs. An aspiration procedure has one valve disc in an open position and the other valve disc in an occluding position, and an injection procedure reverses the positions of the valve discs.
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1. A multiple valve assembly for use in transferring fluid in medical applications, comprising:
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an elongate hollow body portion having means on one end portion thereof for accommodating a fluid pressure establishing means, a first tube connector on another end portion thereof, a tube connector accommodating means between said ends and oriented at a right angle with respect to said first tube connector, an outer wall, a first port defined in said outer wall to fluidly connect said tube connector accommodating means with the interior of said hollow body portion and a second port defined in said wall to fluidly connect said first tube connector with the interior of said hollow body; a top portion affixed to said body portion and including a second hollow tube connector positioned to be accommodated in said body portion tube connector accommodating means so that fluid communication between the inside of said second hollow tube connector and said body portion first port is possible; a pair of flexible valve discs mounted on said hollow body portion, said valve discs being co-planar with each other and oriented at a right angle with one of said tube connectors and in a plane which is substantially parallel with the other one of said tube connectors, one of said valve discs positioned to occlude said second tube connector and the other valve disc being positioned to occlude said second port; and valve disc biasing means adjacent each of said valve discs for biasing said valve discs toward an occluding position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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