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US 12,667,389 B2Granted
Device for supporting insemination
OwnerRyoko Kaiinventor
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Abstract
A device for supporting insemination that includes an elongated tubular body, the body has a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion, the proximal portion is of an oval shape, the middle portion is of a narrow tubular shape, and the distal portion is configured as a hub to sealably receive a tip of a syringe. The body further has a hollow central channel that extends throughout the length of the elongated tubular body.
Claims12
A device to aid insemination process, the device comprises:
- an elongated tubular body that has a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion, the proximal portion is of an oval shape, the middle portion is of a narrow tubular shape, and the distal portion is configured as a hub to sealably receive a tip of a syringe, the hub comprises a broad pocket configured to receive an end portion of a barrel of the syringe and a tubular groove extending from the broad pocket is configured to receive a hub of the syringe, wherein a diameter of the proximal portion increases from the middle portion to a maximum diameter and then decreases, wherein the maximum diameter of the proximal portion is larger than a maximum diameter of the middle portion;
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- a hollow central channel extends throughout a length of the elongated tubular body, wherein the hollow central channel at one end opens at a tip of the elongated tubular body and another end of the hollow central channel opens at the hub,
- wherein the device is semi-rigid such that it can bend within various curves and shapes of a vagina.
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A method to aid insemination process, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a device comprising:
- an elongated tubular body that has a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion, the proximal portion is of an oval shape, the middle portion is of a narrow tubular shape, and the distal portion is configured as a hub to sealably receive a tip of a syringe, the hub comprises a broad pocket configured to receive an end portion of a barrel of the syringe and a tubular groove extending from the broad pocket is configured to receive a hub of the syringe, wherein a diameter of the proximal portion increases from the middle portion to a maximum diameter and then decreases, wherein the maximum diameter of the proximal portion is larger than a maximum diameter of the middle portion, and
- a hollow central channel that extends throughout a length of the elongated tubular body, wherein the hollow central channel at one end opens at a tip of the elongated tubular body and another end of the hollow central channel opens at the hub, wherein the device is semi-rigid such that it can bend within the various curves and shapes of a vagina;
- coupling the tip of the syringe to the hub;
- upon coupling, drawing using the syringe, fluid from a container into the hollow central channel and a barrel of the syringe;
- inserting the device into vagina of a patient in need of getting pregnant;
- and
- pushing a plunger of the syringe to eject the fluid through the hollow central channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.