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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161973 | Reversible vasectomy device and method A reversible vasectomy device includes a first and a second connector piece for attachment to the severed ends of the vas deferens. Each connector piece has an outer vas deferens attaching end, an opposite inner end, and a passage from the outer to the inner end. A ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8132566 | Vas deferens vasectomy capping device A medical device is provided which forms a physical barrier between the two ends of a cut vas during a vasectomy procedure, comprising a biodegradable, polymeric cap that is applied over at least one prostatic end of the vas, the cap including a fastener for prevent... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7338505 | Apparatus and method for endoscopic colectomy Apparatus and methods for endoscopic colectomy are described herein. A colectomy device having a first and a second tissue approximation device is mounted on a colonoscope separated from one another. During deployment of the colectomy device, a diseased portion of t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338028 | Fluid switch controlled trans-cutaneously via magnetic force A fluid switch or valve for an implantable fluid delivery system is provided. The fluid switch or valve includes a fluid chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and an internal magnet disposed within the fluid chamber. The internal magnet is moveable such th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7285235 | Manufacturing conduits for use in placing a target vessel in fluid communication with a source of blood Methods and devices for manufacturing a conduit for placing a target vessel in fluid communication with a source of blood, such as a heart chamber containing blood. The conduit includes first and second portion adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a hear... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7249604 | Medical devices for occlusion of blood flow The present invention discloses a method for the occlusion of blood vessels or fluid vessels to stop the flow of blood or fluid during elective or emergency surgical procedures or following traumatic injury. This invention also encompasses a medical device or tool f... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7073504 | Contraceptive system and method of use A device and method of using the device for contraception or sterilization and particularly for reversible contraception by occluding a reproductive lumen to prevent the passage of reproductive cells through the lumen for a desired period of time until the patient w... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6960218 | External incontinence clamp An external incontinence clamp for stopping involuntary voiding of urine is provided. The clamp includes a first rigid member having opposed ends, each end defining a passage extending therethrough, a second rigid member having opposed ends, each end defining a pass... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953560 | Barriers for polymer-coated implantable medical devices and methods for making the same An implantable medical device and methods for making the implantable medical device are disclosed. The implantable medical device includes a substrate. At least a portion of the substrate is coated with a first layer including a polymer containing a drug. A barrier ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6550480 | Lumen occluders made from thermodynamic materials Disclosed are occluders and methods of their use. The occluders comprise shape-memory polymeric materials which, when heated above their crystalline melting temperatures, may be deformed from a first configuration into a second configuration. The occluder... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6513528 | Method and device for vas occlusion A pair of removable soft pliant plugs is inserted in the Vas to impede the flow of sperm to provide reversible male contraception.... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6035854 | Abbreviated condom with cleft wedge Securement of a condom to the glans penis is facilitated by a molded, contoured, or thickened wedge portion which fits snugly within the cleft of the glans such that a continuous circumferential seal may be obtained about the glans penis. An expansible se... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5976162 | Soft-ended fibered micro vaso-occlusive devices This is a micro-vaso-occlusive device intended generally for occlusion of small arteries located distally in the vasculature. The device is made up of a binder, often radio-opaque, which may be short in length by comparison to the length of the included t... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5842969 | Method of sexual disharmony correction during the sexual act The method of correciton of sexual disharmony brings about the stimulation of feminine erogenous zones during the sexual act by way of an aimed mechanical action on the area of clitoris and of the vagina of ball-like elements made from biologically inert ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5792154 | Soft-ended fibered micro vaso-occlusive devices This is a micro-vaso-occlusive device intended generally for occlusion of small arteries located distally in the vasculature. The device is made up of a binder, often radio-opaque, which may be short in length by comparison to the length of the included t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5701914 | Male contraceptive A contraceptive device for blocking a male urethra canal includes an expandable body unit having an elastic member covering a plurality of body segments, a forwardly opening cavity extending within the body unit and having first, second, and third progres... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5575802 | Medical clip The clip which is suitable for sexual sterilization or other medical use is constructed from a single plastic moulding with a silicone rubber lining. The clip has a front latch which comprises a pivotable section of the lower jaw which ensures positive la... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5474089 | Method and device for reversible sterilization A blocking device is non-surgically inserted in a duct of a reproductive system of either a male or female subject. The device may be in the form of a stent including an expandable section for sealingly engaging the duct to effect sterilization by prevent... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5471997 | Method of contraception Conception is prevented in male mammals by making an incision in one wall of the vas deferens near the epididymis and inserting a filament into the vas deferens through the incision. The filament has a length at least about one-fourth the length of the va... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5469867 | Cast-in place thermoplastic channel occluder A method of blocking channels in a mammal which channels normally carry a material from one point to another is carried out by injecting a heated flowable polymer into the channel and allowing the polymer to cool and solidify, thus creating a plug or chan... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5336157 | Penile clamp for impotence This invention is a therapeutic clamp intended to help males with impotence, or what should be more properly called, erectile dysfunction. The clamp consists of two hinged rods having elastic bands causing the rods to exert pressure on the sides of the pe... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5111808 | Foot elevator blanket cradle A foot elevator having a peripheral wire base frame releasably connected with a peripheral wire upper frame. A peripheral wire blanket support frame releasably connectable to the base and upper frames is also provided. The base frame, the upper frame and ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5065751 | Method and apparatus for reversibly occluding a biological tube A method of reversibly occluding a biological tube is provided as well as a related apparatus. The method includes providing an occluding member to be introduced into or around a biological tube thereby blocking flow through the tube. When it is desired t... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4860746 | Elastic surgical ring clip and ring loader An elastic surgical ring clip which is of a configuration to provide a ring clip having greatly increased compressive and elastic strength. The clip may be of spherical configuration and has a central lumen which may have a variety of cross-sectional conf... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4693251 | Clip for the occlusion of an oviduct or vas deferens The clip consists of two separate branches, the facing surfaces of which have profiles which allow the pressure effecting occlusion of the oviduct or vas deferens to be generated only in two separate pressure zones while a cavity is formed as nutrition zo... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4682598 | Vasectomy instrument A surgical instrument for performing a vasectomy includes a hemostat-type instrument having a pair of jaws in which the jaws include grooves for spaced-apart ligating clips, a cutting block in one jaw having a pair of spaced-apart cutting blades and a rec... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4682592 | Method and device for achieving reversible male sterilization A male contraceptive which is effective, reversible and non-surgically implanted, which prevents the transport of sperm by occluding the lumen of the vas deferens, the ejaculatory duct, or the urethra. The male contraceptive is inserted and removed throug... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4597379 | Method of coagulating muscle tissue A method of coagulating a muscle tissue contained within fat tissue substantially without harming the fat tissue, comprising directing microwave radiation through the fat tissue towards the muscle tissue at a selective frequency effective to cause coagula... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4576161 | Instrument for use in obstructing the vas deferens An instrument comprised of a pair of relatively shiftable clamp members mounted on the outer ends of a pair of pivotally interconnected arms defining a forceps. The clamp members, when contiguous to each other, define a tubular space for receiving a porti... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4512342 | Device and method for reversibly occluding a body duct A device and method for reversibly occluding a body duct, such as the vas deferens, to prevent fluid flow therethrough. The device comprises two spaced flexible plugs connected to each other by a flexible connecting member, such as a suture or other filam... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4509504 | Occlusion of body channels A method for obstructing channels, ducts and other hollow spaces in human and animal bodies is disclosed comprising inserting a device having a portion thereof adapted to swell at least 20% in size when in contact with the fluid of the human or animal bod... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4428365 | Anti-incontinent prostheses An anti-incontinent prosthesis comprising a support member formable into at least one generally spiral turn for location about the corpus spongiosum. A plurality of inflatable chambers are disposed on the turn and connected to a pump means for applying fl... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4394864 | Apparatus and method for effecting occlusion of the vas deferens Apparatus for accomplishing the permanent placement of a silicone locking clip having dentate edges around the vas deferens to interrupt the continuity of the same in a rapid, safe and minimally invasive manner. The apparatus includes a trocar-type instru... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4365621 | Device for members for closing body passages A device for temporarily or permanently closing body passages or cavities in humans and animals and including a member (2) of a material which swells at least 20% by absorbing body fluids and which is substantially inert to body fluids and surrounding tis... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4206749 | Control systems and methods utilizing magnetically retentive bodies In a control system and method which utilize at least two magnetically retentive bodies, each of which has a given magnetic domain orientation, preferably at least one of these bodies is supported by a supporting structure for movement or balance with res... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4200107 | Vascular connector for effecting vascular duct closure and permitting vascular re-opening This disclosure relates to a vascular connector device which has features that permit the connector device to close a vascular duct and to subsequently permit the vascular duct to be re-opened, if desired. The vascular connector of this disclosure feature... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4200088 | Reversible vasectomy device and method A reversible vasectomy device and method which may be used to block the vas without the need for severing the vas. The invention includes a plug portion which may be inserted into a small hole in the vas to block it and an outer cylindrical portion which ... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4024855 | Magnetic filamentary structure and method for using the same A magnetic structure in the form of a filament which can be wound into a coil or the like. Such a structure can be made compatible with human tissue and implanted so that with a pair of such coils, for example, situated on opposite sides of a passage such... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4013063 | Implant for reversibly preventing conception An implant to be situated in a vas deferens for reversibly preventing conception. A pair of open-ended tubular structures respectively have inner end regions adjacent but spaced from each other and fluid-tightly joined with a housing having an interior sp... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3991743 | Conception-preventing and variable filtering or flow control devices and methods Devices and methods for preventing conception as well as for general use in variable filtering. For preventing conception at least temporarily the devices and methods provide a selective flow for fluid in a vas deferens with sperm being acted upon at the ... | 11/16/1976 |
