Patent ID: 9360124
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61M,F16K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A valve device for selectively controlling fluid flow through multiple converging paths, said valve device comprising: a housing defining first and second inlet paths, an outlet path, and a junction in fluid communication with the first and second inlet paths and the outlet path, the housing further defining first and second plunger cavities; a first plunger disposed in the first plunger cavity, the first plunger adapted to move between a first position in which the first plunger impedes fluid flow through the first inlet passage and a second position; a second plunger disposed in the second plunger cavity, the second plunger adapted to move between a first position in which the second plunger impedes fluid flow through the second inlet passage and a second position; and a control member slidably attached to the housing and defining first and second plunger recesses, the first plunger recess sized and configured to receive a portion of the first plunger when the first plunger is in its second position and the second plunger recess sized and configured to receive a portion of the second plunger when the second plunger is in its second position; wherein the control member is movable between a first, proximal position in which the first plunger is in its first position and the second plunger is in its second position and a second, distal position in which the first plunger is in its second position and the second plunger is in its first position; wherein the housing comprises a main body defining an internal chamber and an opening providing access to the internal chamber, and a cradle portion; wherein the cradle portion defines the first and second inlet paths, the outlet path and the junction in fluid communication with the first and second inlet paths, the cradle portion further defining first and second plunger cavities; and wherein the cradle portion is disposed through the opening such that a first portion of the cradle portion is disposed within the internal chamber and a second portion of the cradle portion is disposed outside of the internal chamber.