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US 2007/0163601 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for reversible male and female contraceptive implants
OwnerNeil Pollock, David Fishcell +2inventors
InventorsNeil Pollock, David Fishcell, Robert Fischell, John Burton
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Abstract
The device includes tethered plugs that may be reversibly inserted into the VAS to provide contraception. The method includes a procedure for inserting and removing the device.
Claims20
A implantable medical device designed to be inserted into a duct of the human body, the device having an insertion end and a tail end, the device also having at least two expandable portions that are separated longitudinally one from the other, each of the expandable portions being designed to block the flow of fluid through the duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.