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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:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Applicant:
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Inventor:
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Assignee:
Fibro Control, Inc., New Castle, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/46 (2006.01); A61D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus is provided, including a tube () that is configured to pass into a patient's vagina () and to penetrate vaginal tissue () until a distal tip () of the tube is outside of a uterine artery () of the patient, but in a vicinity of a portion () of the uterine artery that supplies a uterine fibroid (). A balloon (), disposed at the distal tip, is inflated to cause local squeezing of the portion of the uterine artery to an extent sufficient to occlude the uterine artery. Other embodiments are also described.