Patent ID: 8414545

Claim:
A guard for use with a tubing assembly, the tubing assembly having a length of flexible tubing and a tubing clamp disposed therealong and therearound, the tubing clamp including a latch arm and a clamp arm which are moveable relative to one another between two states, an unclamping state and a tubing-clamping state wherein the flexible tubing is occluded, the guard comprising: a housing body extending between first and second ends with an interior cavity extending between the ends, the first end defining a first opening in communication with the interior cavity and configured for passage of the flexible tubing therethrough such that the housing body is moveable along the tubing, and the second end defining a second opening in communication with the interior cavity, the second opening being larger than the first opening and configured such that the housing body is movable along the tubing from a first position relative to the tubing clamp toward a second position relative to the tubing clamp wherein the tubing clamp passes into the interior cavity when the latch arm and clamp arm are in the tube-clamping state, wherein in the second position the housing body is configured to encompass the tubing clamp and prevent relative movement between the latch arm and the clamp arm.