Patent ID: 7654484

Claim:
An apparatus for adjustment of the length of an infusion tube comprising: an infusion tube; a first wall; a second wall; at least one connecting element connecting said first wall to said second wall, said connecting element being secured at a distance to a peripheral circumference of the walls; and an inlet opening extending around the connecting element, said opening being provided by a distance between said walls in a radial distance from said connecting element, inner faces of the first and the second walls converge from the connecting element towards the inlet opening, said opening having a width (M) measured between the walls, the width M sized to correspond to said diameter of said infusion tube or slightly smaller to allow passage of a single infusion tube through the inlet opening to allow uninterrupted fluid flow through the infusion tube; and at least one elongate slot arranged in at least one of said walls such that said infusion tube can pass through said wall, the slot sized to have a width which is greater than or equal to a diameter of the infusion tube, said at least one slot extending from a periphery of the wall radially towards a center of the wall to substantially said connecting element.