摘要 |
<p>A device for regulating the flow rate of a fluid includes a housing containi ng a plurality of flow conduits fluidly connecting an inlet and an outlet, each of the flow conduits comprising a flow control tube (310, 312, 314) and a resiliently compressive occlusion tube (316, 318, 320), wherein the flow control tubes are of substantially equal internal diameter. Each of the flow control tubes has a length associated with a different flow rate. A resilien t flow-blocking element (212a, 212b, 212c) is operatively associated with each of the occlusion tubes and is movable into a flow-blocking compression again st its associated occlusion tube. An actuation mechanism (206) in the housing i s operable : (a) to selectively engage and move one or more of the flow-blocki ng elements into the flow-blocking compression against its associated occlusion tube, and (b) to selectively be disengaged from any of the flow-blocking elements.</p> |