Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1997-01-16
1998-10-06
Stright, Jr., Ronald K.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604 32, 251207, 251208, 13762541, 13762547, 137605, A61M 500
Patent
active
058170685
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for controlling the flow of fluids between a main conduit and a plurality of secondary conduits includes a valve body having a wall defining a cylindrical bore, the wall having a plurality of ports in respective flow communications with the main conduit and the secondary conduits, and a valve element rotatably disposed within the cylindrical bore of the valve body. The valve element body has internal flow paths with openings flush with a peripheral surface of the valve element body and a channel in flow communication with one of the flow paths, the channel having an opening extending from one of the openings of one of the internal flow paths. In addition, one of the internal flow paths has an enlarged opening to accommodate flow through the channel. The valve element and valve body cooperate to permit fluid flow between the main conduit and a selected one of the secondary conduits by rotating the valve element to align the openings of the channel and the flow paths relative to the ports.
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