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BALLOON WITH RIGID TUBE FOR OCCLUDING THE UTERINE ARTERY

  • US 20110022073A1
  • Filed: 07/27/2009
  • Published: 01/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus, for use with a subject'"'"'s body, vagina, vaginal fornix, uterus, and uterine artery, the apparatus comprising:

  • a fornix-engaging structure configured to be inserted into the vagina and to engage the vaginal fornix;

    a rod configured to be inserted into the subject'"'"'s body via the fornix-engaging structure, such that a distal end of the rod passes through vaginal tissue at a first vaginal site until the distal end of the rod is at a first extrauterine site outside of the uterine artery, but in a vicinity of a portion of the uterine artery that supplies a uterine fibroid;

    a rod-guide coupled to the fornix-engaging structure, and configured to guide the distal end of the rod to the first extrauterine site; and

    a uterine artery compression device disposed on the distal end of the rod.

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