Patent ID: 8056583

Claim:
A sealing member comprising a plastically deformable material for mechanical sealing of hollow hoses of elastic material in use with an appliance having at least two jaws, at least one of which is movable towards and away from the other and which, when moving towards each other, crimp the sealing member against the hose and cut the hose and the sealing member for contamination-tight sealing of the hose, wherein the sealing member comprises at least two sealing members, each of which has two opposite ends and an opening that extends between said ends to allow the sealing members to be slipped onto the hose to be seated, the sealing members being adapted such that the portions of a in sealing member that border the opening of said sealing member overlap corresponding portions of a second sealing member when the sealing members are arranged around the hose to be sealed and wherein a surface extending between a first side and a second side of said opening of at least one of said sealing members spans 230-270Â° of a circle circumscribing said sealing members.