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US 2023/0398018 A1Published application
Systems and methods for permanent female contraception
AssigneeMeditrina, Inc.
InventorsCsaba TRUCKAI, John H. SHADDUCK
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Abstract
Methods and devices for treating and occluding a female patient's fallopian tubes to provide permanent or extended birth control or sterilization.
Claims1
A device for occluding a fallopian tube, the device comprising:
- a device body having a lumen passing therethrough, the device body being moveable between a first profile and a second profile where in the second profile, where in the second profile the device body increases in a planar dimension such that than when located inside the fallopian tube the device body flattens the fallopian tube;
- at least one adhesion producing surface coupled to the device body and configured to create trauma to a wall of the fallopian tube to produce a wound healing response;
- at least one energy delivery surface on or in the device body and configured to transmit energy from an energy delivery source to the wall of the fallopian tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.