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US 2009/0266366 A1Published application
Devices and methods for occluding a fallopian tube
AssigneeConceptus, Inc.
InventorsBetsy Swann, Christopher A. Stout, Julian Cruzada, Vidya Gopal, Charlotte Hermanto
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Abstract
Devices and method for occluding a fallopian tube. The devices, in one embodiment, may include a plurality of expandable occluding members coupled by respective dissolvable connecting members.
Claims26
A medical device for occluding a fallopian tube;
- the medical device comprising,
- an elongated member;
- a plurality of occlusion members removably coupled to the elongated member;
- at least one dissolvable connecting member connected between at least two occlusion members of the plurality of occlusion members.
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A medical device for occluding a fallopian tube;
- the medical device comprising:
- an elongated member including an outer surface with a plurality of elongated circumferential indentations within the outer surface;
- a plurality of expandable occlusion members, each respectively coupled within an indentation, wherein the outer surface of each of the plurality of expandable occlusion devices is even with the outer surface of the elongated member.
A method for occluding a fallopian tube, the method comprising:
- inserting a distal portion of an elongated delivery member transcervically into a fallopian tube, the distal portion carrying a plurality of expandable occlusion members;
- delivering the plurality of expandable occlusion members into the fallopian tube, wherein the expandable occlusion members are coupled by a respective plurality of connecting members;
- expanding the plurality of expandable occlusion members inside the fallopian tube;
- decoupling the plurality of connecting members from the plurality of expandable occlusion devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.