Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for tubal occlusion
- Patent Title (中): 输卵管阻塞装置
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Application No.: US12912087Application Date: 2010-10-26
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Publication No.: US08226645B2Publication Date: 2012-07-24
- Inventor: Douglas C. Harrington , Victoria E. Carr-Brendel , Brett S. Bowman
- Applicant: Douglas C. Harrington , Victoria E. Carr-Brendel , Brett S. Bowman
- Applicant Address: US MA Marlborough
- Assignee: Cytyc Corporation
- Current Assignee: Cytyc Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Marlborough
- Agent Robert P. Smith
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a device adapted for occluding the ovarian pathway of a female body for sterilization purposes. The device delivers RF energy to wound tissue at a desired location within at least one fallopian tube and implants a porous foam plug adjacent to the wounded tissue at said location. Depending on the plug's pore sizes, vascularized tissue may grow into the plug to prevent or discourage the formation of scar tissue around the plug and/or a vascularized capsule may form around the plug, which limits the patient's foreign body response so that the capsule does not constrict around the plug.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110040146A1 Method and Apparatus for Tubal Occlusion Public/Granted day:2011-02-17
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