Patent ID: 8603128
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61B,A61L,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method for tubal sterilization comprising: introducing a distal end of a deployment device proximate a target site; passing a tubal sterilization device in a first state through a lumen of the deployment device so that the tubal sterilization device emerges from the distal end of the deployment device substantially into the target site, transforming the tubal sterilization device from the first state to a second state that substantially occludes the target site; and withdrawing the deployment device from proximate the target site such that the tubal sterilization device remains in the target site after withdrawal of the deployment device; wherein the tubal sterilization device has a plurality of expansile elements non-releasably carried on a flexible filamentous carrier.