Title:
INSERTION/DEPLOYMENT CATHETER SYSTEM FOR INTRAFALLOPIAN CONTRACEPTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001013832
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
Contraceptive methods, systems, and devices generally improve the ease, speed, and reliability with which a contraceptive device (12) can be deployed transcervically into an ostium of a fallopian tube. A distal portion (24) of the contraceptive device (12) can function as a guidewire (10). The proximal portion (20) may remain in a small profile configuration while a sheath (14) is withdrawn proximally, and is thereafter expanded to a large profile configuration engaging the surrounding tissues.
Inventors:
KHERA ASHISH
GURSKIS DON
THAT DAI TON
SWANN BETSY
BACICH STEVEN
GURSKIS DON
THAT DAI TON
SWANN BETSY
BACICH STEVEN
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/023012
Publication Date:
July 11, 2002
Filing Date:
August 22, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CONCEPTUS INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/12; A61B17/42; A61F6/06; A61F6/22; (IPC1-7): A61F6/06
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