Medical devices and methods of making and using such devices

US9278022B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

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: Feb 6, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

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; inserts which are designed to pierce and remain in place; and inserts which are implanted through a fluid delivery system.