Patent ID: 8511713

Claim:
A fluid connection device comprising: a tubular shaft having at least two side openings that are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the shaft and which provide a fluid connection between an internal space of the shaft and an outside environment of the shaft, a partition disposed in an interior space of the shaft between the at least two side openings so that the internal space is divided into two separated sections, an elastomeric sleeve which surrounds and encloses the shaft at a level of the at least two side openings, said sleeve being compressible in the longitudinal direction, said elastomeric sleeve in a relaxed state lying tightly against the at least two side openings and in a compressed state forming with the shaft an annular gap outwardly of the at least two side openings that allows fluid communication between the two internal sections, and a compression device for compressing the sleeve in a lengthwise direction when desired for causing said sleeve to form said annular gap and enable fluid communicating between said internal sections.