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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Quang Tran, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher A. Stout, San Mateo, CA (US);
Elisa J. Aldridge, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Betsy Swann, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Quang Tran, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher A. Stout, San Mateo, CA (US);
Elisa J. Aldridge, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Betsy Swann, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Conceptus, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, such as medical devices for inhibiting conception, and methods of using and/or making these devices. In one aspect of the disclosure, a medical device has a delivery system and a first insert, which is removably coupled to the delivery system and which is designed to be deployed within a portion of a first fallopian tube, and a second insert, which is removably coupled to the delivery system and which is designed to be deployed within a portion of a second fallopian tube. Other aspects of the disclosure include, among other things, inserts made from one or more polymers;