Patent ID: 9122072
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: F16J,F16K,G02C

Abstract:
1. A sealing device comprising: a guide member having at least one internal cavity and a passageway intersecting the internal cavity; and a pinch member slidably engaged within the internal cavity of the guide member, wherein a portion of the pinch member slides across the passageway and into a portion of the internal cavity to deform and seal a fluid tube extending through the passageway; wherein at least one extension is defined on one of the pinch member and the internal cavity, and a corresponding recess is defined in one of the other of the pinch member and the internal cavity, the extension engaging the recess to secure the pinch member and to inhibit proximal travel, and wherein a gap is defined between a wall of the internal cavity and a portion of the pinch member extending therein, the gap being less than approximately two times a wall thickness of the fluid tube.