valve housing
1housing — [1] The outer sleeve through which a brake or gear cable is pulled. The housing transmits an equal push to counter the pull on the inner cable. Traditional housing consists of a tight spiral of steel wire, usually coated with plastic. Newer… …
2valve body housing — A housing which incorporates the bores in which the valve spools slide and the canals which channel the oil flow …
3Artificial heart valve — An artificial heart valve is a device implanted in the heart of a patient with heart valvular disease. When one of the four heart valves malfunctions, the medical choice may be to replace the natural valve with an artificial valve. This requires… …
4Presta valve — The Presta valve is a valve commonly found in high pressure road style and better mountain bicycle tires, although it is now used on all UST or tubeless mountain bike tires. Its three components are the valve body, a threaded valve stem, and a… …
5Lillehei-Kaster valve — a tilting disk valve consisting of a titanium valve housing, Teflon sewing ring, and flat, free floating, pivoting pyrolytic carbon disk that opens to 80 degrees …
6Medtronic-Hall valve — a type of tilting disk valve consisting of a titanium valve housing an S shaped disk guide strut, a Teflon cloth sewing ring, and a centrally perforated pyrolytic carbon–coated graphite disk that opens to an angle of 75 degrees. See… …
7tilting-disk valve — a type of prosthetic heart valve consisting of a sewing ring and a valve housing containing a suspended disk that swings between closed and open positions …
8Bjork-Shiley valve — The Bjork Shiley valve is a mechanical heart valve prosthesis. Beginning in 1971, it has been used to replace the aortic or mitral valves. It marks the first example of a successfully used tilting disc valve. It was manufactured first by Shiley… …
9Helium release valve — A helium release valve, or helium escape valve, as it is also called, is a feature found on some diving watches. It provides functionality for professional divers operating at great depths for prolonged periods of time.When commercial divers… …
10Wade-Dahl-Till valve — The Wade Dahl Till (WDT) valve is a cerebral shunt developed in 1962 by hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade, author Roald Dahl and neurosurgeon Kenneth Till.Dahl s son Theo, suffering from hydrocephalus, had had a standard Holter shunt installed to… …
