Surgery – Reproduction and fertilization techniques
Patent
1998-06-02
2000-02-22
Gilbert, Samuel
Surgery
Reproduction and fertilization techniques
A61B 1743
Patent
active
060274433
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for human artificial insemination and embryo transplanting are provided wherein a catheter is utilized having an extremely flexible barrel which has sufficient flexibility and softness to avoid irritation or trauma of the walls of the cervix and uterus. The catheter is made of high elasticity polyvinyl chloride and is more than ten times as flexible as prior art catheters. The method includes positioning the female recipient in a flat, supine position with pelvis elevated and legs flexed. The cervical canal, internal os and the lower segment of the uterine cavity are expanded with a speculum to minimize the distance from the vaginal opening to the uterine cavity and to minimize contact between the barrel of the catheter and the cervical and uterine walls. The soft and extremely flexible barrel of the catheter is inserted through the vaginal opening, through the cervical opening and into the uterine cavity and introducing either semen or an embryo into the uterine cavity.
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Gilbert Samuel
Johnsonbaugh Bruce H.
Nag Kamala M.
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