Surgery – Female reproductory tract shields – supports – or birth...
Patent
1998-10-22
1999-11-09
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Female reproductory tract shields, supports, or birth...
128831, A61F 606
Patent
active
059794461
ABSTRACT:
A removable fallopian tube plug includes an elongated shaft member that has a diameter dimensioned for insertion into a human fallopian tube. The shaft has an imagable portion located at each of a distal end and a proximal end. A plurality of flexible fingerlike protrusions are affixed to at least a portion of the shaft, and are movable between a first position generally adjacent the shaft and a second position extending radially outward therefrom. The protrusions are biased to the second position and are adapted for closely engaging the fallopian tube when in the second position, and they are further arrayed radially and axially so as to form a barrier sufficient to prevent a passage of an ovum or a spermatozoa in an axial direction.
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Brown Michael A.
Synergyn Technologies, Inc.
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