Patent ID: 7172603

Claim:
A uterine artery occlusion device, comprising: a deployable constrictor having an interior configured to receive a female patient's uterine cervix and having at least one pressure-applying portion having a pressure-applying surface configured to apply pressure to the patient's uterine cervix or a vaginal surface to thereby occlude at least one of the patient's uterine arteries; an elongated delivery shaft configured to intravaginally advance said constrictor to the patient's uterine cervix; a deployment member configured to deploy said constrictor from said delivery shaft about the patient's uterine cervix so that pressure applied by constriction of the pressure applying surface of the constrictor occludes at least one of the patient's uterine arteries; and at least one locating sensor provided on a distal portion of the device configured to detect a blood vessel.