Patent ID: 9526828
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus to adjust fluid flow to a catheter, the apparatus comprising: a plug having a cylindrical shaft portion and a cone portion; a valve having a luer end opposite a catheter end and defining an interior passageway between the luer end and the catheter end, the catheter end being configured to connect with a proximal end of a main body, the catheter end being also configured to receive the cylindrical shaft portion of the plug wherein the plug is fixedly attached to the interior passageway of the valve thereby preventing movement of the plug relative to the valve, wherein the cone portion of the plug extends from the catheter end, and wherein the luer end is configured to receive a distal end of a luer fitting adapter; the main body having a distal end opposite a proximal end and defining an interior passageway between the distal end and the proximal end, the proximal end being configured to receive the catheter end of the valve, the distal end being configured to receive a portion of the catheter, the interior passageway includes a portion that is tapered to selectively receive the cone portion of the plug so that the amount of fluid flow through the distal end is adjustable between a closed position and a fully opened position; and the luer fitting adapter having a distal end opposite a proximal end and defining an interior passageway between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the distal end is configured to connect with the luer end of the valve, wherein the luer fitting adapter is configured to move independently of the valve and the main body.