Patent ID: 6089541
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A valve engageable with an instrument, said valve comprising: a valve body; a deformable stem located in said valve body and shiftable from a first position, said stem having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, said stem having an aperture at said first end, said aperture configured such that when the instrument is engaged with said aperture in said stem, said stem is urged from the first position and said aperture deforms to allow liquid to flow therethrough to or from the instrument, said stem including a conical portion generally proximate said first end, said conical portion converging along a longitudinal axis of said stem toward said first end of said stem, said stem and said valve body configured such that when the instrument is not engaged with said stem and said stem is in said first position, said valve body engages said conical portion of said stem, wherein the engagement between said valve body and said conical portion of said stem retains said stem in said valve body and urges said aperture closed.