Patent ID: 7857284

Claim:
A medical valve having an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow, the medical valve comprising: a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a movable member with a member channel therethrough, the member channel extending between a proximal opening and a distal opening of the movable member, the movable member being movable in a given direction to cause the valve to transition from the closed mode to the open mode, the member channel fluidly communicating the inlet and the outlet when in the open mode, wherein the movable member is a rotating member; and a resilient member sealing the distal opening of the member channel when in the closed mode, the distal opening of the member channel having a given dimension that is generally parallel with the given direction, the distal opening also having a second dimension that is generally orthogonal to the given dimension, the given dimension being smaller than the second dimension.