Patent ID: 11969377
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method to load an instrument (10) and configure to safely place an intrauterine device (30) in uterus (100), the method comprises the steps of:
a) sounding a uterus of a woman and determining a uterine depth (105);
b) sliding a bidirectional carrier (61) of a driver assembly (60) towards an intrauterine device end (5) by a medical service provider placing his or her thumb on a push zone (62) of the bidirectional carrier (61) and applying a forward force (Ff) on a cliff (64), a graduated tube (71) along with a latching rod (81) pushing a lower end (37) of a stem (33) of the intrauterine device (30), an inverted “U” gate (95) supporting the stem (33) from both sides and preventing a buckling of the stem (33) of the intrauterine device (30), and arms (34) of the intrauterine device (30) folding down;
c) further sliding the bidirectional carrier (61) towards the IUD end (5) by the medical service provider continuing placing his or her thumb on the push zone (62) and further applying the forward force (Ff) on the cliff (64), a downward projection (85) of the latching rod (81) getting obstructed by a delatcher (26) on a base (20), resultantly a pair of locking teeth (67) of the bidirectional carrier (61) getting delatched from a second pair of seats (86B) and getting latched with a first pair of seats (86A) of the latching rod (81), an edge of the graduated tube (71) pushing up sloped edges (97), lifting up of the inverted “U” gate (95), sliding of only the graduated tube (71) on the stem (33) by a measure of length (89), and engulfing a part of the arms (34) of the intrauterine device (30);
d) further sliding the bidirectional carrier (61) towards the intrauterine device end (5) by the medical service provider continuing placing his or her thumb on the push zone (62) and further applying the forward force (Ff) on the cliff (64), the graduated tube (71) along with the latching rod (81) push the lower end (37) of the stem (33) of the intrauterine device (30) till the graduated tube (71) with a folded intrauterine device (30c) emerges out from a flange (45) by a measure of the uterine depth (105);
e) trimming a string (31) in-between an outpoint (87) and an inpoint (88) of the instrument (10);
f) sliding backward the bidirectional carrier (61) towards an operator end (6) by the medical service provider placing his or her thumb on the pullback zone (63) and applying a backward force (Fb) on the cliff (64), pulling backthe graduated tube (71) along with the latching rod (81) from over the stem (33) of the intrauterine device (30); and
g) applying a force (Fbr) by the thumb on an open converger (40), separating a part of the base (20) carrying the open converger (40), rendering the instrument (10) non-reusable irreversibly.