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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ashish Khera, San Francisco, CA (US);
Don Gurskis, Redwood City, CA (US);
Dai Ton That, Milpitas, CA (US);
Betsy Swann, Newark, CA (US);
Steven Bacich, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conceptus, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 ;
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. A distal portion of the contraceptive device can function as a guidewire. The proximal portion may remain in a small profile configuration while a sheath is withdrawn proximally, and is thereafter expanded to a large profile configuration engaging the surrounding tissues.