Method and apparatus for tubal occlusion
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Mar 15, 2011
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Sep 20, 2007
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May 22, 2007
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Jun 5, 1997
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A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.
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