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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Fred H. Burbank, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Michael L. Jones, San Clemente, CA (US);
Greig E. Altieri, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
R. J. Serra, Irvine, CA (US);
Ed Olson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Yu-tung Wong, Irvine, CA (US);
Fred H. Burbank, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Michael L. Jones, San Clemente, CA (US);
Greig E. Altieri, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
R. J. Serra, Irvine, CA (US);
Ed Olson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Yu-Tung Wong, Irvine, CA (US);
Vascular Control Systems, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to tenaculum-like devices and systems for the intravaginal delivery of therapeutic or diagnostic devices and particularly for occluding a female patient's uterine arteries in order to treat uterine disorders. Included are methods for grasping, manipulating and retaining tissue. The tenaculum-type device has a distal portion with a sound configured to enter a cervical os without causing undue trauma or discomfort to the patient, and a retention or tissue grasping mechanism with a grasping element such as a spike configured to engage and retain a patient's cervix. The tenaculum-type devices embodying features of the invention may have an expandable distal tip to more securely be engaged within the patient's uterine cervical canal.