Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for tubal occlusion
- Patent Title (中): 输卵管阻塞的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11752222Application Date: 2007-05-22
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Publication No.: US07905880B2Publication Date: 2011-03-15
- Inventor: Douglas C. Harrington , Brett Bowman , Peter M. Breining
- Applicant: Douglas C. Harrington , Brett Bowman , Peter M. Breining
- Applicant Address: US MA Marlboro
- Assignee: Cytyc Corporation
- Current Assignee: Cytyc Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Marlboro
- Agent Theodore Allen
- Main IPC: A61B18/04
- IPC: A61B18/04

Abstract:
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 junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070215163A1 Method and Apparatus for Tubal Occlusion Public/Granted day:2007-09-20
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