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US 10,292,733 B2Granted
Split balloon catheter for Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI) and Slow Release Insemination (SRI)
OwnerAmnon Weichselbaum, Yechiel Lisnerinventors
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Abstract
An assembly includes a catheter that has an insemination lumen for injecting sperm into a uterus. The insemination lumen includes two branches (sub-lumens), one directed toward a left ostium and the other directed to a right ostium of fallopian tubes.
Claims9
An assembly comprising:
- a catheter comprising an insemination lumen for injecting sperm into a uterus, wherein said insemination lumen comprises two branches, one of said branches directed toward a left ostium and the other of said branches directed to a right ostium of fallopian tubes;
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- a fiducial mark on said catheter that indicates angular orientation and depth orientation of said catheter and said branches, wherein a balloon is mounted on a distal portion of said catheter, and said catheter further comprises an inflation lumen connected to said balloon for inflating said balloon, and wherein part of said insemination lumen protrudes distally beyond said balloon and then splits into said two branches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.