Patent ID: RE39533

Claim:
Process A process of intra-uterine fertilization in mammals comprising the following steps: a) providing a container of a size suitable for introduction and lodging in the uterine cavity of a mammal and having an exit area; b) filling the container with culture medium, at least one ovocyte of the mammal and spermatozoa; c) introducing and lodging the filled container in the uterine cavity; d) leaving the container lodged in the uterine cavity for a specified period of time to allow fertilization of the at least one ovocyte therein; and e) accessing the uterine cavity through the exit area of the container without removal of the container from lodged in in the uterine cavity to enable transfer of the at least one fertilized ovocyte directly from the container through the exit area into the uterine cavity without removal of the at least one fertilized ovocyte from the uterine cavity between fertilization and transfer .