IUD prepackaged in a tubular inserter
AssigneeA. H. Robins Company, Incorporated
InventorIrwin S. Lerner
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Abstract
A relatively narrow diameter tubular inserter adaptable for use with a wide variety of intrauterine devices, having lateral slots therein for retaining a resilient intrauterine device in an undeformed state during shipment and storage prior to insertion. The intrauterine device is moved to a deformed state within the relatively narrow tube just prior to insertion, and ejected therefrom into its normal expanded state within the uterine cavity, whereupon the tube is withdrawn.
Claims13
The combination of a resilient intrauterine device comprising a major portion, and laterally extending portion means, and an inserter for high fundal positioning of said intrauterine device, said inserter comprising an elongate tubular body having a front, cervix entry and intrauterine device expulsion end and a rear terminal end, and means for housing said major portion of said resilient intrauterine device within said tubular body with said intrauterine device being in a substantially undeformed configuration;
- whereby said intrauterine device may be deformed into an elongate shape within said tubular body prior to insertion of said inserter into placement position relative to a uterus and thereafter expelled into its substantially undeformed configuration within a uterine cavity.
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