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US 8,324,193 B2Granted
Methods and devices for delivery of compositions to conduits
AssigneeFemasys Inc.
InventorsKathy Lee-Sepsick, Max S. Azevedo, Daniel S. Currie, Jeffrey A. Marcus
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Abstract
The present invention comprises systems, methods and devices for the delivery of visualizable or treatment compositions or therapeutic agents comprising device elements for diagnosis and/or treatment of conduits. A delivery system comprising an introducer shaft having at least one exit port and at least one delivery catheter for placement of compositions into the conduit, such as a fallopian tube.
Claims8
A method of treatment, comprising,
- a) providing a treatment composition to at least a portion of at least one fallopian tube of a human or animal by a delivery system that delivers an effective amount of the treatment composition, wherein the delivery system comprises a delivery device comprising at least an introducer shaft comprising an atraumatic tip for positioning the tip at the uterine fundus and at least one exit port for providing at least one catheter;
- at least one catheter, wherein at least one catheter comprises an end structure on a delivery end that maintains the delivery end in at least one uterine cornua and aids in localized delivery of the treatment composition, and elements for providing the treatment composition into and through at least one catheter;
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- b) allowing the treatment composition to remain in at least one fallopian tubes for a predetermined time.
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