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US 11,737,911 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.
Claims7
A method for occluding a fallopian tube, comprising:
- advancing a delivery catheter having an implant to position the implant in a site in the fallopian tube;
- activating an energy source to deliver energy to the implant to ablate fallopian tube tissue at the site;
- producing a wound at the site in the fallopian tube to cause a wound healing response at the site that produces an adhesion of walls of the fallopian tube;
- decoupling the implant from the delivery catheter;
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- withdrawing the delivery catheter from the fallopian tube while the implant remains at the site.
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