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Ball valve for use in a respiration circuit and a respiration circuit including a ball valve

Grant US12589233B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

Engineered Medical Systems, Inc.

Inventors

Bradley Allen Wheeler, Jessica Mae Zinnecker, Kevin Michael Sempsrott

Abstract

A ball valve for a use in a respiration circuit, including a housing defining a ball chamber. The ball chamber communicating with a gas inlet and at least two gas outlets. A ball received in the ball chamber. The ball being configured for rotation about an axis of rotation within the ball chamber. The channel having a channel inlet configured for selective fluid communication with the gas inlet. The channel inlet being in fluid communication with a channel outlet configured for selective fluid communication with at least one of the at least two gas outlets.

CPC Classifications

A61M 16/20 A61M 39/24 A61M 2039/248 A61M 11/005 A61M 11/02 A61M 11/04 A61M 16/109 A61M 16/14 A61M 16/0816 A61M 16/0825 A61M 16/0833 A61M 2039/229 F16K 11/0853 F16K 11/087 F16K 11/0873 F16K 11/022 F16K 11/025 F16K 11/085-0856

Filing Date

2021-09-23

Application No.

17483374

Claims

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