Assertion: fluid conduit | /r/HasProperty | maintained in open state
Facets:
value: partially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, these and other objectives are accomplished by providing a compression member adapted to engage a fluid conduit, a biasing element operably connected to the compression member and producing a sufficient amount of biasing force to cause the compression member to deform the conduit to a substantially closed state, and a control device for applying a control force to the compression member which will partially overcome the biasing force applied to the compression member and maintain the compression member such that the fluid conduit is maintained in a partially open state.
text: In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, these objectives are accomplished by providing a fluid control apparatus including a guide adapted to maintain a first side of a fluid conduit on a substantially flat surface, a compression member defining a substantially flat compression surface adapted to engage the second side of the fluid conduit, a biasing element operably connected to the compression member and producing a sufficient amount of biasing force to cause the compression member to deform the conduit to a substantially closed state, and a control device for applying a control force to the compression member which will partially overcome the biasing force applied to the compression member and maintain the compression member such that the fluid conduit is maintained in a partially open state.