Patent ID: 9050447
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61M,F16K,F16L

Abstract:
1. A clamp for clamping flexible tubing, comprising: a body having (i) a first portion, comprising a first passage through the first portion, and (ii) a second portion comprising a second passage through the second portion, the second passage having a variable depth that increases as the second passage extends away from the first portion, wherein the first passage and the second passage defining a single slot through the body; wherein (i) a length of the flexible tubing is compressed along a longitudinal axis from a first point to a second point when the flexible tubing is displaced perpendicular to the longitudinal axis through the first passage, and (ii) the compressed length of flexible tubing is further extended from the second point to a third point when the flexible tubing is further displaced perpendicular to the longitudinal axis from the first passage into the second passage such that the flexible tubing is compressed from the first point to the third point.