Sterilisation device
OwnerHans I. Wallsteninventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for sterilization of a female mammal comprising at least one separation member for separation of a fallopian tube from a uterine cavity of the female mammal, a circulation assembly which is operatively connected to said at least one separation member, and at least one sterilization lumen which is operatively connected to said circulation assembly and debouching at a distal side of said at least one separation member, said at least one sterilization lumen being adapted for injection in use of a tissue necrotizing fluid capable of necrotizing a lining of at least a part of said fallopian tube, wherein said circulation assembly is adapted to circulate said tissue necrotizing fluid within said sterilization lumen and said fallopian tube. The apparatus allows quick, simple, safe and reliable sterilization.
Claims46
An apparatus for sterilisation of a female mammal comprising:
- at least one separation member for separation of a fallopian tube from a uterine cavity of the female mammal, the at least one separation member including an inflatable member,
- a circulation assembly which is operatively connected to said at least one separation member, and
- at least one sterilisation lumen which is operatively connected to said circulation assembly and debouching at a distal side of said at least one separation member, said at least one sterilisation lumen being adapted for injection in use of a tissue necrotising fluid through at least one debouching opening, the at least one debouching opening extending from an inner surface to an outer surface of a wall of the inflatable member, the tissue necrotising fluid capable of necrotising a lining of at least a part of said fallopian tube, the at least one sterilisation lumen terminating at the at least one debouching opening,
- wherein said circulation assembly is adapted to circulate said tissue necrotising fluid within said sterilisation lumen and said fallopian tube, and
- wherein the at least one sterilisation lumen is configured to isolate the tissue necrotising fluid from the inner surface of the wall of the inflatable member during the injection.
A method for sterilisation of a female mammal, comprising steps of:
- (a) separating the tubal ostium of a fallopian tube from the uterine cavity of the female mammal, the separating including an inflation of an inflatable member by introduction of an inflation fluid into the inflatable member;
- (b) after the separating, injecting a tissue necrotising fluid via an sterilisation lumen at a position which is in communication with said fallopian tube, the injecting being performed through a debouching opening, the debouching opening extending from an inner surface to an outer surface of a wall of the inflatable member, the sterilisation lumen terminating at the debouching opening;
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- (c) after the injecting, circulating said tissue necrotising fluid within said sterilisation lumen and said fallopian tube,
- wherein the sterilisation lumen is configured to isolate the tissue necrotising fluid from the inner surface of the wall of the inflatable member during the injection.
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