Medical devices and methods of making and using such devices

US7699056B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Conceptus, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Quang Tran · Atherton, US
• Christopher A. Stout · San Bruno, US
• Elisa J. Aldridge · Menlo Park, US
• Betsy Swann · Newark, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices, such as medical devices for inhibiting conception, and methods of using and/or making these devices. In one aspect of the disclosure, a medical device has a delivery system and a first insert, which is removably coupled to the delivery system and which is designed to be deployed within a portion of a first fallopian tube, and a second insert, which is removably coupled to the delivery system and which is designed to be deployed within a portion of a second fallopian tube. Other aspects of the disclosure include, among other things, inserts made from one or more polymers;