US 12,318,066 B2
Medical valve
James J. Scutti, Norwell, MA (US); Robb Morse Gavalis, Westborough, MA (US); Allyn Narcisse Jensrud, Milford, MA (US); Larry Edward Stanton, Burlington, MA (US); and Colby Harris, Norfolk, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/152,400.
Application 18/152,400 is a continuation of application No. 16/887,206, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,576,558.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/854,689, filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157521 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00068 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical valve, comprising:
a valve stem, comprising:
a first lumen extending along a longitudinal axis of the valve stem; and
a collapsible portion of the valve stem, wherein the collapsible portion forms an inner surface and an outer surface of an annular wall of the valve stem and defines at least a portion of the first lumen, and wherein the collapsible portion surrounds a portion of the first lumen,
wherein the medical valve has (a) a first configuration for delivering air to an air channel of a medical device, (b) a second configuration for delivering a fluid to a fluid channel of the medical device, and (c) a third configuration for delivering the fluid to the air channel of the medical device, wherein, in the first configuration and the second configuration, the collapsible portion is in an expanded configuration along the longitudinal axis, and wherein, in the third configuration, the collapsible portion is configured to collapse along the longitudinal axis.