US Patent No: 8,113,205
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Contraceptive system and method of use
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Feb 14, 2012
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Feb 21, 2008
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12/035,219
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Abstract
A device and method of using the device for contraception or sterilization and particularly for reversible contraception by occluding a reproductive lumen to prevent the passage of reproductive cells through the lumen for a desired period of time until the patient wishes to become fertile again and then be reopened. The occluding member preferably comprises a tubular framework formed from a shape memory material configured to be implanted in a reproductive lumen. The occluding member is implanted within a body lumen, secured to the wall of the reproductive lumen and then collapsed to collapse the wall and occlude the lumen. Alternatively, the occluding member may be collapsed upon a solid plug. The closure of the reproductive lumen may be reversed by introducing a balloon catheter and by a series of inflations of the balloon reexpanding the collapsed occluding member or by removing the plug. The occluding member and the plug may be configured to facilitate endothelialization, to provoke an inflammatory responses or to deliver a drug.
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Cited Art
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| 6,176,240 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery | 51 | 1995 | |
| 5,601,600 Endoluminal coil delivery system having a mechanical release mechanism | 185 | 1995 | |
| 6,705,323 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods | 45 | 1998 | |
| 6,096,052 Occluding device and method of use | 98 | 1998 | |
| 6,145,505 Electrically affixed transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices | 46 | 1999 | |
| 6,634,361 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods | 39 | 1999 | |
| 6,432,116 Occluding device and method of use | 72 | 1999 | |
| 6,526,979 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods | 42 | 2000 | |
| 6,871,650 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery | 12 | 2000 | |
| 6,709,667 Deployment actuation system for intrafallopian contraception | 50 | 2000 | |
| 6,763,833 Insertion/deployment catheter system for intrafallopian contraception | 33 | 2000 | |
| 6,684,884 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods | 25 | 2001 | |
| 2001/0041,900 Occluding device and method of use | 28 | 2001 | |
| 6,679,266 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery | 25 | 2002 | |
| 2003/0029,457 Contraceptive system and method of use | 18 | 2002 | |
| 2004/0079,377 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods | 12 | 2003 | |
| 2004/0127,918 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods | 15 | 2003 | |
| 2004/0159,324 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery | 10 | 2004 | |
| 2004/0163,650 Deployment actuation system for intrafallopian contraception | 10 | 2004 | |
| 2004/0163,651 Transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery | 3 | 2004 | |
| 2004/0211,429 Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and their delivery | 10 | 2004 | |
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| 4,994,069 Vaso-occlusion coil and method | 738 | 1988 | |
| 5,226,911 Vasoocclusion coil with attached fibrous element(s) | 328 | 1991 | |
| 5,382,259 Vasoocclusion coil with attached tubular woven or braided fibrous covering | 386 | 1992 | |
| 5,423,849 Vasoocclusion device containing radiopaque fibers | 151 | 1993 | |
| 6,143,007 Method for making an occlusive device | 30 | 1995 | |
| 6,187,027 Vaso-occlusive devices with heat secured polymer fiber | 41 | 2000 | |
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| 4,787,899 Intraluminal graft device, system and method | 553 | 1986 | |
| 5,104,399 Artificial graft and implantation method | 575 | 1988 | |
| 5,275,622 Endovascular grafting apparatus, system and method and devices for use therewith | 383 | 1990 | |
| 5,489,295 Endovascular graft having bifurcation and apparatus and method for deploying the same | 446 | 1993 | |
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| 4,585,000 Expandable device for treating intravascular stenosis | 196 | 1983 | |
| 5,163,958 Carbon coated tubular endoprosthesis | 363 | 1991 | |
| 5,366,472 Dilatation balloon within an elastic sleeve | 70 | 1991 | |
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| 5,443,500 Intravascular stent | 405 | 1994 | |
| 6,113,607 Method of delivering a stent | 47 | 1998 | |
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| 5,512,051 Slip-layered catheter balloon | 111 | 1995 | |
| 6,270,495 Method and device for enhancing vessel occlusion | 31 | 1996 | |
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| 4,834,757 Prosthetic implant | 690 | 1988 | |
| 4,878,915 Surgical prosthetic implant facilitating vertebral interbody fusion | 604 | 1989 | |
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| 5,669,933 Removable embolus blood clot filter | 315 | 1996 | |
| 5,836,968 Removable embolus blood clot filter | 173 | 1997 | |
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| 5,197,978 Removable heat-recoverable tissue supporting device | 447 | 1991 | |
| 5,545,210 Method of implanting a permanent shape memory alloy stent | 266 | 1994 | |
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| 4,969,458 Intracoronary stent and method of simultaneous angioplasty and stent implant | 454 | 1987 | |
| 5,190,546 Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements | 470 | 1991 | |
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| 5,354,295 In an endovascular electrolytically detachable wire and tip for the formation of thrombus in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous fistulas | 348 | 1992 | |
| 5,743,905 Partially insulated occlusion device | 105 | 1996 | |
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| 5,656,036 Apparatus for occluding vessels | 82 | 1994 | |
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| 5,766,203 Sheath with expandable distal extremity and balloon catheters and stents for use therewith and method | 178 | 1996 | |
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| 5,167,614 Prostatic stent | 178 | 1991 | |
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| 4,246,896 Intracervical cuff (ICC) for contraception and prevention of venereal disease and applicator therefor | 34 | 1978 | |
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| 2003/0066,533 Removable fallopian tube plug and associated methods | 20 | 2001 | |
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| 5,643,311 Uterine manipulator and manipulator tip assembly | 12 | 1995 | |
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| 5,456,713 Expandable transluminal graft prosthesis for repairs of aneurysm and method for implanting | 286 | 1993 | |
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| 5,514,176 Pull apart coil stent | 224 | 1995 | |
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| 5,095,917 Transuterine sterilization apparatus and method | 79 | 1990 | |
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| 4,503,569 Transluminally placed expandable graft prosthesis | 827 | 1983 | |
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| 2002/0029,051 OCCLUDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | 28 | 1999 | |
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| 6,090,063 Device, system and method for implantation of filaments and particles in the body | 60 | 1996 | |
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| 6,706,054 Body vessel filter | 19 | 2000 | |
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| 4,733,665 Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft | 1941 | 1985 | |
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| 4,657,000 Adjustable splint and securing means therefor | 42 | 1984 | |
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| 5,601,593 Stent for placement in a body tube | 122 | 1995 | |
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| 5,935,137 Tubular fallopian sterilization device | 59 | 1997 | |
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| 5,382,261 Method and apparatus for occluding vessels | 269 | 1992 | |
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| 4,688,553 Filter, particularly for trapping blood clots | 224 | 1985 | |
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| 5,370,657 Recoverable thrombosis filter | 359 | 1993 | |
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| 5,474,089 Method and device for reversible sterilization | 48 | 1991 | |
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| 5,192,301 Closing plug of a defect for medical use and a closing plug device utilizing it | 516 | 1991 | |
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| 5,507,811 Prosthetic device for atrial septal defect repair | 148 | 1994 | |
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| 4,185,618 Promotion of fibrous tissue growth in fallopian tubes for female sterilization | 66 | 1978 | |
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| 5,108,420 Aperture occlusion device | 480 | 1991 | |
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| 4,562,596 Aortic graft, device and method for performing an intraluminal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | 338 | 1984 | |
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| 4,978,358 Orthopaedic prosthetic device possessing improved composite stem design | 40 | 1989 | |
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| 4,279,252 X-ray scaling catheter | 94 | 1979 | |
| 4,579,110 Tubular pessary as a contraceptive means | 39 | 1983 | |
| 4,595,000 Tubular pessary as a contraceptive means | 36 | 1984 | |
| 4,577,631 Aneurysm repair apparatus and method | 408 | 1984 | |
| 4,606,336 Method and apparatus for non-surgically sterilizing female reproductive organs | 70 | 1984 | |
| 4,638,803 Medical apparatus for inducing scar tissue formation in a body | 183 | 1984 | |
| 4,700,701 Sterilization method and apparatus | 81 | 1985 | |
| 4,922,928 Vaginal device | 17 | 1988 | |
| 4,869,268 Multi-functional instruments and stretchable ligating and occluding devices | 83 | 1988 | |
| 4,964,850 Method for treating trans-nasal sinus afflictions using a double t-shaped trans-nasal aerator | 62 | 1989 | |
| 5,267,945 Finger splint for treating pip joint injuries | 21 | 1991 | |
| 5,147,370 Nitinol stent for hollow body conduits | 443 | 1991 | |
| 5,176,692 Method and surgical instrument for repairing hernia | 339 | 1991 | |
| 5,342,348 Method and device for treating and enlarging body lumens | 425 | 1992 | |
| 5,303,719 Surgical method and associated instrument assembly | 58 | 1993 | |
| 5,433,217 Bimetallic spiral intrauterine device | 7 | 1993 | |
| 5,499,995 Body passageway closure apparatus and method of use | 112 | 1994 | |
| 5,542,210 Apparatus for supporting plantlife growing in a ground area | 11 | 1995 | |
| 5,919,202 Surgical instrument with jaws and movable internal needle and method for use thereof | 35 | 1997 | |
| 6,378,524 Method of sterilizing females | 13 | 2000 | |
| 6,517,559 Blood filter and method for treating vascular disease | 154 | 2000 | |
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