Device for selectively regulating the flow rate of a fluid

Fluid handling – Systems – Dividing into parallel flow paths with recombining

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C137S595000, C251S297000, C604S034000, C604S250000

Reexamination Certificate

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07661440

ABSTRACT:
A device for regulating the flow rate of a fluid includes a housing containing a plurality of flow conduits fluidly connecting an inlet and an outlets each of the flow conduits comprising a flow control tube and a resiliently compressive occlusion tube, wherein the flow control tubes are of substantially equal internal diameter. Each of the flow control tubes has a length associated with a different flow rate. A resilient flow-blocking element is operatively associated with each of the occlusion tubes and is movable into a flow-blocking compression against its associated occlusion tube. An actuation mechanism in the housing is operable (a) to selectively engage and move one or more of the flow-blocking elements into the flow-blocking compression against its associated occlusion tube, and (b) to selectively be disengaged from any of the flow-blocking elements.

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Examiner's Report and translation on corresponding foreign application (JP Application No. 2004-538475) from the Japanese Intellectual Property Office dated Jul. 21, 2009.

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