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Balloon with rigid tube for occluding the uterine artery

  • US 8,403,953 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2009
  • Issued: 03/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, for use with a subject'"'"'s body, vagina, vaginal formix, uterus, and uterine artery, the method comprising:

  • engaging the vaginal formix with a formix-engaging structure, by inserting the structure into the vagina;

    inserting a rod into the subject'"'"'s body;

    guiding the rod 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;

    maintaining the distal end of the rod at the extrauterina site, by supporting the rod with the fornix-engaging structure; and

    while maintaining the distal end of the rod at the extrauterina site, compressing the uterine artery using a uterine artery compression device disposed on the distal end of the rod to occlude blood flow to a uterine fibroid.

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