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US 2014/0236209 A1Published application
Methods and devices for deployment into a lumen
AssigneeBayer Essure Inc.
InventorsBetsy Swann, Dai Ton, Ashish Khera
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Abstract
The invention described is directed to an intracorporeal occluding device having elements with non-traumatic ends and devices, systems and methods for occluding the lumens of anatomical passageways and/or for delivering drugs or other substances to the bodies of human or animal subjects.
Claims21
An occluding member for a patient's reproductive lumen having at least one segment with a first contracted configuration and a second expanded configuration, comprising:
- a. a first expansive element having a first end secured to a central location in the occluding member and a non-traumatic end radially spaced from the first end when in an expanded configuration;
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- b. at least one additional expansive element having a first end secured to the central location in the occluding member and a non-traumatic end radially spaced from the central location in the expanded configuration.
-70. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.