Patent ID: 7662135
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for regulating fluid flow supplied to a patient through an intravenous infusion system, said apparatus comprising: a first passageway comprising a seat, said first passageway for discharging fluid therefrom at a first predetermined rate of flow when said apparatus is oriented in a first position; a second passageway comprising a seat, said second passageway for discharging fluid therefrom at a second predetermined rate of flow, the second predetermined rate of flow different from the first predetermined rate of flow when said apparatus is in the first position, said second passageway in flow communication with said first passageway; an inlet coupled in flow communication with said first and second passageways such that fluid discharged from said inlet is received in both said first and second passageways when said apparatus is in the first position in which said inlet is positioned at a higher elevation than at least one of said first and second passageways; and a control device which may be selectively positioned in sealing contact against one seat of said first and second passageways only when said apparatus is in the first position, said apparatus is rotated from the first position to a second position such that at least one of said first and second passageways is positioned at a higher elevation than said inlet in order to move said control device from said first passageway seat through said first passageway to said second passageway seat through said second passageway for selectively controlling fluid flow out of said first and second passageways when said apparatus is returned to the first position.