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US 2025/0152408 A1Published application
Iud insertion devices with string control
AssigneeMedicines360
InventorsRob DECKMAN, Mark Robert SPONSEL, Dan HOVDE, Curt GUYER
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Abstract
Single-handed IUD insertion devices, methods and kits are disclosed. The single-handed IUD insertion devices have a plurality of flexing detent arms to control axial movement of the 641 elongated guide and string control slider during use.
Claims36
An insertion device for inserting an IUD comprising:
- an elongated sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end wherein the elongated sheath defines an axis for operation of the insertion device and wherein the IUD is positionable within the elongated sheath;
- an elongated inner member having a proximal end and a distal end disposable within the lumen of the elongated sheath wherein a proximal end of the IUD is positionable adjacent the distal end of the elongated inner member;
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- a proximally positioned user interface, wherein the proximally positioned user interface further comprises
- an elongated channel, wherein the elongated channel further comprises one or more cavities on one or more of a proximal end of the elongated channel and a distal end of the elongated channel wherein the one or more cavities are adapted and configured to house at least a portion of the moveable sheath slider;
- a moveable sheath slider moveable within the elongated channel wherein the moveable sheath slider has an upper surface, a lower surface and two side surfaces, further wherein the moveable sheath slider has a depression on an upper surface of the moveable sheath slider facing an exterior of the user interface, and
- a string control slider having a curved distal surface for abutting with the curved distal surface of the moveable sheath slider when the sheath slider is adjacent the string control slider wherein the string control slider further comprises an interiorly positioned hard stop.
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An insertion device for inserting an IUD comprising:
- an elongated sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end wherein the elongated sheath defines an axis for operation of the insertion device and wherein the IUD is positionable within the elongated sheath;
- an elongated inner member having a proximal end and a distal end disposable within the lumen of the elongated sheath wherein a proximal end of the IUD is positionable adjacent the distal end of the elongated inner member;
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- a proximally positioned user interface, wherein the proximally positioned user interface further comprises
- an elongated channel,
- a moveable sheath slider moveable within the elongated channel wherein the moveable sheath slider has an upper surface, a lower surface and two side surfaces, further wherein the moveable sheath slider has a depression on an upper surface of the moveable sheath slider facing an exterior of the user interface,
- a string control slider having a curved distal surface for abutting with the curved distal surface of the moveable sheath slider when the sheath slider is adjacent the string control slider wherein the string control slider further comprises one or more string control slider detent arms in an interior of the user interface and a rib, and
- one or more alignment surfaces, wherein the one or more alignment surfaces of the user interface is adapted and configured to mechanically complement the one or more alignment surfaces of the sheath.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.