A medical valve has an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the medical valve has a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a resilient member within the housing. The resilient member has a body portion with a free state when undeformed by ex
A medical valve has an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the medical valve has a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a resilient member within the housing. The resilient member has a body portion with a free state when undeformed by external mechanical forces and a deformed state when the valve is in the closed mode. The body portion is formed to return toward the free state as the valve transitions from the closed mode to the open mode and defining at least part of a fluid path through the valve.
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1. A medical valve having an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow, the medical valve comprising: a housing having an inlet and an outlet;a control member located within the housing and having a control member body portion with an outer radial width, a first l
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A medical valve having an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow, the medical valve comprising: a housing having an inlet and an outlet;a control member located within the housing and having a control member body portion with an outer radial width, a first length when the valve is in the closed mode and a second length when the valve is in the open mode, the first length being greater than the second length, the outer radial width radially expanding due to insertion of a medical implement into the inlet to transition the valve from the closed mode to the open mode; anda resilient member within the housing and having a resilient member body portion, the control member at least in part containing the resilient member body portion, the resilient member body portion being formed with a free state when undeformed by the control member and having a deformed state when the valve is in the closed mode, the resilient member body portion being formed to radially expand to return toward the free state to an open state as the valve transitions from the closed mode to the open mode, expansion of the outer radial width of the control member allowing the resilient member body portion to return toward the free state to the open state, the resilient member body portion defining at least part of a fluid path through the valve. 2. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion and housing are configured to permit the resilient member body portion to attain the free state when in the open mode. 3. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion is molded in the free state. 4. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion is normally biased radially outwardly in the closed mode. 5. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member further includes a proximal seal portion having a normally closed aperture therethrough, the resilient member body portion being distal to the proximal seal portion. 6. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion has a distal aperture therethrough, the distal aperture biased toward the open state, the distal aperture being closed when in the deformed state to prevent fluid flow through the valve. 7. A medical valve according to claim 6, wherein the distal aperture is molded open. 8. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the control member includes a plurality of leg members, the leg members radially deforming to expand the control member as the valve transitions toward the open mode to allow the resilient member body portion to return towards the free state to the open state. 9. A medical valve according to claim 8, wherein the leg members bias the valve toward the closed mode. 10. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the control member includes a biasing member, the biasing member biasing the valve toward the closed mode. 11. A medical valve according to claim 10, wherein the biasing member is a leaf spring. 12. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion has a radial width when in the free state, the control member deforming the resilient member body portion when in the open state such that the radial width when the resilient member body portion is in the open state is greater than the radial width when the resilient member body portion is in the free state. 13. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the valve has a substantially neutral fluid displacement at the outlet as the valve transitions from the open mode to the closed mode. 14. A medical valve having an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow, the medical valve comprising: a housing having an inlet and an outlet;a control member located within the housing and having a control member body portion with an outer radial width, a first length when the valve is in the closed mode and a second length when the valve is in the open mode, the first length being greater than the second length, the outer radial width radially expanding due to insertion of a medical implement into the inlet to transition the valve from the closed mode to the open mode; anda resilient member within the housing and having a proximal aperture and a distal aperture, the resilient member begin formed with a free state when undeformed by the control member and in which the distal aperture is biased toward an open state to allow fluid flow through the valve when in the open mode, the resilient member being deformed by the control member when the valve is in the closed mode to close the distal aperture and prevent fluid flow through the valve, the resilient member returning toward the free state such that the distal aperture returns to its open state as the valve transitions from the closed to open mode, expansion of the outer radial width of the control member allowing the resilient to return toward the free state and the distal aperture to return to the open state. 15. A medical valve according to claim 14, wherein the distal aperture is formed to be in the open state when no radial force is applied to the resilient member. 16. A medical valve according to claim 14, wherein the distal aperture is molded in the open state. 17. A medical valve according to claim 14, wherein the control member includes a plurality of leg members, the leg members radially deforming to expand the control member as the valve transitions toward the open mode. 18. A medical valve according to claim 17, wherein the leg members bias the valve toward the closed mode. 19. A medical valve according to claim 14, wherein the control member includes a biasing member, the biasing member biasing the valve toward to closed mode. 20. A medical valve according to claim 19, wherein the biasing member is a leaf spring. 21. A medical valve according to claim 14, wherein the resilient member includes a resilient member body portion with the free state when undeformed by the control member and a deformed state when the valve is in the closed mode, the resilient member body portion being formed to return toward the free state as the valve transitions from the closed mode to the open mode, the resilient member body portion defining at least part of a fluid path through the valve. 22. A medical valve according to claim 21, wherein the resilient member further includes a proximal seal portion, the resilient member body portion being distal to the proximal seal portion, the distal aperture being located within the resilient member body portion and the proximal aperture being located within the proximal seal portion. 23. A method comprising: connecting a medical valve to a patient, the medical valve comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a control member having a control member body portion with an outer radial width, a first length when the valve is in a closed mode and a second length when the valve is in an open mode, the first length being greater than the second length, the valve also having a resilient member within the housing, the resilient member being formed with a free state when undeformed by the control member and having a proximal aperture and a distal aperture, the control member deforming the resilient member to close the distal aperture when the valve is in a closed mode;inserting a medical implement through the inlet;moving the medical implement distally within the housing to transition the valve from the closed mode to an open mode, distal movement of the medical implement causing the outer radial width to expand generally radially to allow the resilient member to return toward the free state and the distal aperture to return to the open state; andtransferring fluid between the medical implement and the patient through the valve. 24. A method according to claim 23, wherein the distal aperture is formed to be in the open state when no radial force is applied to the resilient member. 25. A method according to claim 23, wherein the control member includes a plurality of leg members, the leg members radially deforming to expand the control member as the valve transitions toward the open mode. 26. A method according to claim 23, wherein the control member includes a biasing member, the biasing member biasing the valve toward to closed mode. 27. A method according to claim 23 wherein the distal aperture is in the open state when the valve is in the open mode. 28. A method according to claim 23 wherein the resilient member attains the free state when the valve is in the open mode. 29. A medical valve according to claim 14 wherein the distal aperture is in the open state when the valve is in the open mode. 30. A method according to claim 14 wherein the resilient member attains the free state when the valve is in the open mode. 31. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion has a radial width when in the free state and the open state, the radial width when the resilient member body portion is in the open state being equal to the radial width when the resilient member body portion is in the free state. 32. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion is in the open state when the valve is in the open mode. 33. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the resilient member body portion is in the free state when undeformed by mechanical forces. 34. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the control member substantially surrounds the resilient member body portion. 35. A medical valve according to claim 14, wherein the control member substantially surrounds at least a portion of the resilient member. 36. A medical valve according to claim 23, wherein the control member substantially surrounds at least a portion of the resilient member. 37. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the control member is configured to apply a radially inward force to decrease a radial dimension of the resilient member body portion as the valve transitions from the open mode to the closed mode. 38. A medical valve according to claim 6, wherein the resilient member further includes a proximal seal portion having a proximal normally closed aperture therethrough, the resilient member body portion being distal to the proximal seal portion and the proximal normally closed aperture being spaced from distal aperture. 39. A medical valve according to claim 1, wherein the control member body portion has a proximal end and a distal end, the first length being a distance between the proximal end and the distal end when the valve is in the closed mode, the second length begin a distance between the proximal end and the distal end when the valve is in the open mode. 40. A medical valve according to claim 14, wherein the control member body portion has a proximal end and a distal end, the first length being a distance between the proximal end and the distal end when the valve is in the closed mode, the second length begin a distance between the proximal end and the distal end when the valve is in the open mode. 41. A method according to claim 23, wherein the control member body portion has a proximal end and a distal end, the first length being a distance between the proximal end and the distal end when the valve is in the closed mode, the second length begin a distance between the proximal end and the distal end when the valve is in the open mode.
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