APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW

• Main Authors: KANE, DEREK G, SCHNELLINGER, THOMAS S, KERWIN, JOHN M, KAMEN, DEAN, USMAN, FARRUKH, CLARKE, KAITLYN S, MURPHY, COLIN H, YOO, BRIAN H, TRACEY, BRIAN D, LANGENFELD, CHRISTOPHER C, PERET, BOB D, JOHNSON, MATTHEW J, BRYANT, JR., ROBERT J, SLATE, MICHAEL J, LANIGAN, RICHARD J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.08.2019
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

An apparatus, system (1) and method for regulating fluid flow are disclosed. The apparatus includes a curved, elongated support member elastically deformable and having first and second ends. The apparatus also include an opposing support member configured to position a tube against the curved, elongated support member between the first and second ends. Deformation of the curved, elongated support member by movement of the first and second ends toward each other reduces an internal volume of the tube. Figure 1