Patent ID: 7921874
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: A61F,A61M,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A non-implantable valve assembly for controlling flow rates in a medical device, the valve assembly comprising: a valve member positioned at least partially within a wall defining an inflation lumen of the medical device, the inflation lumen connected to an inflatable member, the valve member comprising: a flow regulator comprising at least one flexible member controlling flow through the inflation lumen to the inflatable member for inflation and deflation of the inflatable member, the flexible member having a closed configuration for controlling a first inflation flow rate in a first direction and an open configuration for controlling a second deflation flow rate in a second direction; the flow regulator comprising a first opening defined in the flow regulator for allowing flow therethrough in the first direction and a second opening defined in the flow regulator and spaced apart from the first opening, the second opening allowing flow therethrough in the second direction; wherein the second rate is greater than the first rate.