Patent ID: 8214022
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for diagnosing uterine health, the method comprising: inserting a device configured for performing hysterography and intrauterine venography transcervically into a uterus, the device comprising a catheter and a needle movably disposed through a lumen within the catheter, wherein a tip of the needle is fixably maintained within the lumen during the inserting step; determining a correct depth of the device within the uterus by remote observation of at least one marker on the device with the first diagnostic tool; discharging a first medium configured for enhancing the hysterography from a first syringe into the device and injecting the first medium into the uterus; viewing the uterus using a first diagnostic tool for performing hysterography; advancing the needle of the device into a fundal myometrium of the uterus; discharging a second medium configured for enhancing the venography from a second syringe into the needle and injecting the second medium into the fundal myometrium; and viewing the fundal myometrium using a second diagnostic tool for performing the venography.