Device positionable in the uterine cavity
AssigneeOCON Medical Ltd.
InventorsIlan BAR-AM, Ariel WEINSTEIN
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Abstract
An intrauterine device and method of delivering and using same are provided. The intrauterine device includes a wire having a portion capable of forming a three dimensional (3D) structure. The 3D structure is elastically deformable to a partially collapsed configuration via a crush force larger than a force applied thereto by a relaxed uterine cavity. The three dimensional structure is also capable of elastically contracting and expanding in response to contraction and expansion of the uterine cavity.
Claims21
An intrauterine device comprising a wire including a portion forming a three dimensional structure being elastically deformable to a partially collapsed configuration via a crush force larger than a force applied thereto by a relaxed uterine cavity, said three dimensional structure being capable of elastically contracting and expanding in response to contraction and expansion of said uterine cavity.
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