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Contraceptive transcervical fallopian tube occlusion devices and methods

  • US 8,171,936 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2010
  • Issued: 05/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A delivery system comprising:

  • an occlusion device comprising;

    a proximal portion adjacent a proximal end and a distal portion adjacent a distal end, the distal portion having flexibility suitable to function as a guidewire; and

    an expandable element affixed to a flexible inner member; and

    a delivery catheter slidably disposed over the proximal portion of the occlusion device so that the distal portion of the occlusion device remains exposed when the occlusion device and delivery catheter are advanced within a body lumen;

    wherein the occlusion device is expandable from a low profile configuration within the delivery catheter to a deployed profile configuration when deployed from the delivery catheter.

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