Lippes Loop, Intrauterine Double-S Contraceptive, Size A
date: label: date made
content: ca 1978-1979
label: patent date
content: 1966-05-10
label: product expiration date
content: 1983-04
name: label: maker
content: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: White plastic intrauterine device (IUD) and inserter in a sealed paper and plastic package. The device is held in place with paper tabs on a gray, blue, and white printed paper card. Instructions are included in the package.
label: Description
content: The Lippes Loop, a double-S, trapazoidal-shaped intrauterine device, was developed by OB-GYN Jack Lippes (1924 - 2022), a 1947 graduate of the University of Buffalo Medical School. The IUD was designed to closely fit the inside of the uterus and thereby reduce unwanted expulsion of the device. The IUD was made in several sizes: Loop Size A (22.5 mm with blue thread) was intended for nulliparous females only, that is, females who have not given birth. Lippes Loop was first marketed in 1962 and became one of the most prescribed IUDs in the United States. In 1985, Ortho Pharmaceuticals stopped marketing Lippes Loop due to reduced profitability and increased FDA regulation.
label: Description
content: "Ortho stops marketing Lippes Loop; cites economic factors". Contraceptive technology update. 1985 Nov;6(11):149-52.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Raritan
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gladys Abell and Lester D. Johnson, Jr., M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0760.076A
label: accession number
content: 1981.0760
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0760.076A
label: patent number
content: US3250271A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Contraceptive, Iud
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, intrauterine device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (card, instruction material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (inserter material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (iud material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 17 in x 1 in; 9.525 cm x 43.18 cm x 2.54 cm