Patent ID: 6413250
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A cannula valve arrangement which is made from a resilient polymeric material including a body (10) having a substantially cylindrical cavity (16) for receiving a medical apparatus hub (32,34) and a sleeve (14) having a bore (18) adapted to receive a cannula (28), which is open into the body cavity characterised in that the axis of the bore (18) is parallel to the axis of the cylindrical cavity (16), and that a zone (20) of a body wall which defines the cavity (16) may be snapped from a convexly bulged shape in which the end of the bore (18) is open to the cavity (16) into a concave shape in which the zone lies within the body cavity (16) and in which the zone closes the bore (18) of the sleeve (14).