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Fluid delivery valve system and method

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  • US 6,986,324 B2
  • Filed: 04/13/2004
  • Issued: 01/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A valve assembly for delivering a fluid from a fluid bag to an animal caging system for housing an animal, the valve assembly comprising:

  • an upper member having a piercing member and a connecting member, said upper member having a fluid channel defined therethrough;

    a base having a base fluid channel defined therethrough, wherein said base is designed to be matingly coupled to said upper member;

    a stem member designed and dimensioned to be disposed in part within said base fluid channel, said stem member having an actuation portion and having a top portion having a lower surface; and

    a sealing member integrally formed with said upper member and disposed in said base fluid channel, said sealing member having a flow aperture and a sealing member bottom surface, said sealing member being designed and dimensioned to facilitate sealing of said flow apertures when said sealing member bottom surface abuts a top surface of said stem member.

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