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7621276 Intrauterine fallopian tube occlusion device  
An occlusion device for actively occluding orifices of fallopian tubes includes a resilient body having an elongated member with a first end and a second end. The elongated member further includes...
7617827 Drug delivery dispenser package  
A container for dispensing fluids, powders, medications, or aerosolized contents in pre-measured amounts at the moment of delivery. The container can be used to apply a condom or condom like device...
7591268 Deployment actuation system for intrafallopian contraception  
Contraceptive methods, systems, and devices generally improve the ease, speed, and reliability with which a contraceptive device can be deployed transcervically into an ostium of a fallopian tube....
7506650 Deployment actuation system for intrafallopian contraception  
Contraceptive methods, systems, and devices generally improve the ease, speed, and reliability with which a contraceptive device can be deployed transcervically into an ostium of a fallopian tube....
7428904 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery  
The invention provides intrafallopian devices and non-surgical methods for their placement to prevent conception. The efficacy of the device is enhanced by forming the structure at least in part...
7398780 Contraceptive system and method of use  
A device and method of using the device for contraception or sterilization and particularly for reversible contraception by occluding a reproductive lumen to prevent the passage of reproductive...
7258121 Apparatus and method for preventing fluid transfer between an oviduct and a uterine cavity  
Apparatus for preventing fluid transfer through an opening connecting an oviduct to a uterine cavity includes a body having a base with a periphery and a seal carried by the body for overlying and...
7237552 Insertion/deployment catheter system for intrafallopian contraception  
Contraceptive methods, systems, and devices generally improve the ease, speed, and reliability with which a contraceptive device can be deployed transcervically into an ostium of a fallopian tube....
7220259 Method and apparatus for tubal occlusion  
A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal...
7207996 Doppler directed suturing and compression device and method  
A compression and ligation device includes a pair of jaws including one or more Doppler chips oriented to send and receive Doppler signals across the jaws, to assist a practitioner in determining...
7073504 Contraceptive system and method of use  
A device and method of using the device for contraception or sterilization and particularly for reversible contraception by occluding a reproductive lumen to prevent the passage of reproductive...
6964274 Tubal sterilization device having expanding electrodes and method for performing sterilization using the same  
A sterilization device which causes occlusion to the fallopian tubes of a patient is designed to be trancervically positioned in the intramural portion of the tube without perforating the tube. The...
6550480 Lumen occluders made from thermodynamic materials  
Disclosed are occluders and methods of their use. The occluders comprise shape-memory polymeric materials which, when heated above their crystalline melting temperatures, may be deformed from a...
6378524 Method of sterilizing females  
A method of sterilizing women is provided wherein a flexible hysteroscope ( 10 ), having an operating channel ( 11 ), a fluid channel ( 12 ), and an optical channel terminating at a lens ( 13 ), is...
6371118 Birth control apparatus  
Apparatus for preventing fluid transfer through an opening between an oviduct and a uterine cavity including an insert for insertion into the oviduct through the opening, the insert having a first...
6357443 Removable fallopian tube plug and associated methods  
A removable fallopian tube plug includes an elongated shaft member that has a diameter dimensioned for insertion into a human fallopian tube. The shaft has an imagable portion located at each of a...
6145505 Electrically affixed transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices  
The invention provides intrafallopian devices and non-surgical methods for their placement to prevent conception. The efficacy of the device is enhanced by forming the structure at least in part...
RE36629 Multiple ligating band dispenser  
Apparatus for dispensing a plurality of ligating bands individually and sequentially. A support, attached to the distal end of an endoscope, carries the plurality of ligating bands at axially...
5989580 Methods for sterilizing female mammals  
Disclosed are methods for sterilizing a female mammal wherein a composition comprising a biocompatible polymer and a biocompatible solvent is delivered to the fallopian tube of the female mammal.
5976162 Soft-ended fibered micro vaso-occlusive devices  
This is a micro-vaso-occlusive device intended generally for occlusion of small arteries located distally in the vasculature. The device is made up of a binder, often radio-opaque, which may be...
5935137 Tubular fallopian sterilization device  
An apparatus and method for human female sterilization. The apparatus includes an occlusive device configured from an elongate tubular member having a central lumen and a flange formed at the...
5855599 Silicon micro machined occlusion implant  
An occlusion implant device for small body lumens consisting of a micromachined monocrystalline silicon disk which has inherently spring loaded integral helical wings which when released by the...
5741292 Punctum dilating and plug inserting instrument with push-button plug release  
A punctum dilating and plug inserting instrument includes a cylindrical body with a first end being a plug inserting tip, and a second end being a punctum dilating tip. An elongated button is...
5575802 Medical clip  
The clip which is suitable for sexual sterilization or other medical use is constructed from a single plastic moulding with a silicone rubber lining. The clip has a front latch which comprises a...
5555896 Intrauterine contraceptive device  
The intrauterine contraceptive device to be inserted in the uterus comprises a supporting stem (1) having two branches (4) disposed at the front end (3) thereof in the direction of insertion. Each...
5469867 Cast-in place thermoplastic channel occluder  
A method of blocking channels in a mammal which channels normally carry a material from one point to another is carried out by injecting a heated flowable polymer into the channel and allowing the...
5419777 Catheter for injecting a fluid or medicine  
An injection catheter including a catheter stem, a cathetertip, and a bundle of injection needles, wherein either the catheter tip is axially displaceable relative to the catheter shaft or the...
5303719 Surgical method and associated instrument assembly  
A surgical sterilization method utilizes an elongate operating instrument assembly having a distal end portion which is inserted into a patient's Fallopian tube. The instrument assembly is operated...
5222964 Intraluminal stent  
A tapered stent made of resilient material for interconnecting portions of a Fallopian tube after a resection procedure. The stent is tapered to conform to the tapered inner surface of the...
5207690 Arrangement for stabilizing the hormonal effects produced by the ovaries of a small female mammalian creature  
An arrangement including a suction pump, a pipette, an application tip and a plurality of ligating rings which are carried on the application tip. The application tip is disposed in cooperative...
5193554 Sterilization devices  
A sexual sterilization clip comprises an upper and lower jaw of plastics material with capture means for capturing the fallopian tube or vas deferens the capture means being provided with a soft...
5147353 Medical method for applying high energy light and heat for gynecological sterilization procedures  
A method is provided for sterilizing a female patient. The method includes inserting into the patient's uterus an elongated light transmitting conduit having a heat generating device on a distal...
5095917 Transuterine sterilization apparatus and method  
A method and apparatus for sterilization of females using a transuterine technique. The method of the present invention provides an irreversible method of sterilization which involves destruction...
5065751 Method and apparatus for reversibly occluding a biological tube  
A method of reversibly occluding a biological tube is provided as well as a related apparatus. The method includes providing an occluding member to be introduced into or around a biological tube...
4932421 Electrified intrauterine device  
An electrified intrauterine device (IUD) is provided which has an IUD body member fabricated from materials which are physiologically compatible with human tissue and fluids and physically...
4805618 Oviduct closing apparatus  
An oviduct-closing apparatus includes a body having a clamping portion. The clamping portion is prepared from a shape memory alloy. The clamping portion deforms into an open state engageable with...
4788966 Plug for use in a reversible sterilization procedure  
A multi-functional surgical device useful, for example, for male and female sterilization procedures. The device can be used for applying an elastic occluding ring onto an anatomical tubular...
4700701 Sterilization method and apparatus  
There has been provided a method and apparatus for sterilizing females. Cautery means, vaginally insertable into the fallopian tube of the female, destroys a portion of said mucosal lining at a...
4606336 Method and apparatus for non-surgically sterilizing female reproductive organs  
An ostial occlusion device forms an hermetic seal around the tubal ostium of the uterotubal junction and includes a hub fabricated from a non-porous material having a circumferential edge and upper...
4601698 Method of and instrument for injecting a fluid into a uterine cavity and for dispersing the fluid into the fallopian tubes  
A method of female sterilization comprising the steps of providing a toxic fluid capable of damaging the fallopian tubes which leads to their ultimate occlusion, injecting the fluid into the...
4595000 Tubular pessary as a contraceptive means  
Tubular pessary as a contraceptive means, which can be carried or worn on either side by hysteroscopy. The invention relates to a tubular pessary having a contraceptive action through the...
4537186 Contraceptive device  
Contraceptive device for intra uterine application in the oviducts having two enlargements 1, 2 connected by an oblong connection element 3 to a halter shape which enlargements remain fixed in the...
4523590 Method and device for reversible sterilization in mammals  
This invention relates to a method and device for effecting reversible sterilization in mammals. Specifically, the invention discloses means for occluding the fallopian tubes through the combined...
4509504 Occlusion of body channels  
A method for obstructing channels, ducts and other hollow spaces in human and animal bodies is disclosed comprising inserting a device having a portion thereof adapted to swell at least 20% in size...
4489725 Sexual sterilization devices  
A sexual sterilization device has titanium jaws connected at a pivot and internally lined with resiliently compressible silicone rubber. This lining serves to ensure that the lumen of a Fallopian...
4485814 One-piece compound elastic occluding member  
A one-piece, compound elastic member comprising two substantially solid, like bodies, each having a central aperture, the apertures being expandable for receiving a tubular anatomical structure...
4428365 Anti-incontinent prostheses  
An anti-incontinent prosthesis comprising a support member formable into at least one generally spiral turn for location about the corpus spongiosum. A plurality of inflatable chambers are disposed...
4380238 Disposable applicator for mini-laparotomy using a clip method  
A disposable applicator device for applying tubal occlusion clips, particularly clips utilized in mini-laparotomy sterilization surgery. The applicator includes a grasping lever for grasping the...
4374523 Occlusion ring applicator  
A ring applicator device and method for applying an elastic occluding ring to an anatomical tubular structure which comprises an inner cylinder slidably disposed within an outer cylinder, forceps...
4365621 Device for members for closing body passages  
A device for temporarily or permanently closing body passages or cavities in humans and animals and including a member (2) of a material which swells at least 20% by absorbing body fluids and which...
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