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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seymour Hoff, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alza Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128130 ; 128260 ;
Abstract
Intrauterine device with a seeker and housing member is disclosed. The seeker is a curved-wall member positioned at the lead end of the device for finding, and guiding the device into the external cervical os. The housing member is positioned at the trailing end of the device and it has a smaller diameter than the device for receiving a thread and for presenting a smaller mass to an inserter.