MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617078135 A) filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. on June 24, 2026, for Flexible Resealable Septum.
Inventor includes Towler, Jeffrey.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: A medical device includes a tube and an occluding member. The tube is formed from an elastomeric material sufficiently rigid to maintain at least a portion of a lumen and sufficiently flexible to define an adjustable curvature along a tube axis. The occluding member is fixedly disposed within the tube lumen and is formed from an elastomeric material maintained in a compressed state by the tube. The occluding member includes an internal channel, the internal channel having a closed state maintained by the compressive force, preventing the flow of the fluid through the internal channel, and an open state wherein a pressure of the fluid overcomes the compressive force to at least partially open the internal channel to permit the flow of the fluid through the internal channel.
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