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US 11,065,146 B2Granted
Systems and methods for permanent female contraception
AssigneeMeditrina, Inc.
InventorsCsaba Truckai, John H. Shadduck
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Abstract
Methods and devices for treating and occluding a female patient's fallopian tubes to provide permanent or extended birth control or sterilization.
Claims8
A method for occluding a fallopian tube using a system including a delivery catheter and implant, comprising:
- advancing the delivery catheter to thereby position the implant in a site in the fallopian tube;
- activating an energy source to deliver energy through the system to the implant to ablate fallopian tube tissue at the site using the implant;
- actuating the system to cause additional trauma that results in a wound healing response at the site that produces an adhesion of walls of the fallopian tube;
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- decoupling the implant from the delivery catheter to permit withdrawing the catheter from both the implant and the fallopian tube.
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