Inventors:
Christian Lowe - San Francisco CA, US
Don Gurskis - Redwood City CA, US
Ashish Khera - San Francisco CA, US
Monica Barnhart - Foster City CA, US
Steven Bacich - Half Moon Bay CA, US
Betsy Swann - Newark CA, US
Roberto Silva-Torres - Foster City CA, US
Assignee:
Conceptus, Inc. - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
A61F 6/06
Abstract:
Contraceptive methods, systems, and devices generally improve the ease, speed, and reliability with which a contraceptive device can be deployed transcervically into an ostium of a fallopian tube. The contraceptive device may remain in a small profile configuration while a sheath is withdrawn proximally, and is thereafter expanded to a large profile configuration engaging the surrounding tissues, by manipulating one or more actuators of a proximal handle with a single hand. This leaves the other hand free to manipulate a hysteroscope, minimizing the number of health care professional required to deploy the contraceptive device.