Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Instrument for the insertion of a bioactive frameless or framed intrauterine device or intrauterine system through a hysteroscope
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Application No.: US15750596Application Date: 2016-08-08
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Publication No.: US11672691B2Publication 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

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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