Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployment actuation system
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Application No.: US13294749Application Date: 2011-11-11
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Publication No.: US08381733B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Christian Lowe , Don Gurskis , Ashish Khera , Monica Barnhart , Steven Bacich , Betsy Swann , Roberto Silva-Torres
- Applicant: Christian Lowe , Don Gurskis , Ashish Khera , Monica Barnhart , Steven Bacich , Betsy Swann , Roberto Silva-Torres
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Conceptus, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Conceptus, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: A61F6/06
- IPC: A61F6/06

Abstract:
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. The contraceptive device may remain in a small profile configuration while a sheath is withdrawn proximally, and is thereafter expanded to a large profile configuration engaging the surrounding tissues, by manipulating one or more actuators of a proximal handle with a single hand. This leaves the other hand free to manipulate a hysteroscope, minimizing the number of health care professional required to deploy the contraceptive device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120078230A1 DEPLOYMENT ACTUATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2012-03-29
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