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Apparatus for and a method of adjusting the length of an infusion tube

  • US 7,654,484 B2
  • Filed: 09/02/2003
  • Issued: 02/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for adjustment of the length of an infusion tube comprising:

  • an infusion tube;

    a first wall;

    a second wall;

    at least one connecting element connecting said first wall to said second wall, said connecting element being secured at a distance to a peripheral circumference of the walls; and

    an inlet opening extending around the connecting element, said opening being provided by a distance between said walls in a radial distance from said connecting element, inner faces of the first and the second walls converge from the connecting element towards the inlet opening, said opening having a width (M) measured between the walls, the width M sized to correspond to said diameter of said infusion tube or slightly smaller to allow passage of a single infusion tube through the inlet opening to allow uninterrupted fluid flow through the infusion tube; and

    at least one elongate slot arranged in at least one of said walls such that said infusion tube can pass through said wall, the slot sized to have a width which is greater than or equal to a diameter of the infusion tube, said at least one slot extending from a periphery of the wall radially towards a center of the wall to substantially said connecting element.

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