• Patent Title: Instrument for the insertion of a bioactive frameless or framed intrauterine device or intrauterine system through a hysteroscope
  • Application No.: US15750596
    Application Date: 2016-08-08
  • Publication No.: US11672691B2
    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
  • Inventor: Dirk Wildemeersch
  • Applicant: PAT & Co bvba
  • Applicant Address: BE Lichtervelde
  • Assignee: PAT & CO BVBA
  • Current Assignee: PAT & CO BVBA
  • Current Assignee Address: BE Lichtervelde
  • Agency: The Webb Law Firm
  • Priority: EP 180188 2015.08.07
  • International Application: PCT/EP2016/068871 2016.08.08
  • International Announcement: WO2017/025502A 2017.02.16
  • Date entered country: 2018-02-06
  • Main IPC: A61F6/18
  • IPC: A61F6/18 A61F6/14
Instrument for the insertion of a bioactive frameless or framed intrauterine device or intrauterine system through a hysteroscope
Abstract:
A disposable IUD/IUS inserter is for use in conjunction with a hysteroscope, or blindly, including an inner part which has a flexible metal inner tube, between 1 and 2 mm in diameter. The inner tube has a front end portion including a stylet, the stylet being less than 1 mm in diameter, and the stylet being provided with a stylet tip. The IUD/IUS inserter is further provided with a handle at a rear end of the inner tube, a handle unlocking mechanism for positioning of an IUD or IUS, a release mechanism for releasing of a tail of the IUD/IUS, and an outer tube sized to allow passage through a hysteroscope working channel, the handle unlocking mechanism being connected to the outer tube.
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