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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Betsy Swann, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Christopher A. Stout, San Bruno, CA (US);
Julian Cruzada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vidya Gopal, Germantown, MD (US);
Charlotte Hermanto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Betsy Swann, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Christopher A. Stout, San Bruno, CA (US);
Julian Cruzada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vidya Gopal, Germantown, MD (US);
Charlotte Hermanto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conceptus, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Devices and method for occluding a fallopian tube. The devices, in one embodiment, may include a plurality of expandable occluding members coupled by respective dissolvable connecting members.