US 12,440,240 B2
Medical device for preventing reflux in the cervix
Peter T. Falkner, Mobile, AL (US); Kirby J. Plessala, Mobile, AL (US); and John Krumme, Bainbridge Island, WA (US)
Assigned to InnoMed One, LLC, Mobile, AL (US)
Appl. No. 18/037,207
Filed by InnoMed One, LLC, Mobile, AL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/059609
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/108961, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/114,600, filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397933 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/43 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/43 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61B 17/3439 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/345 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3486 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4225 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device for preventing reflux in a cervix, said device comprising:
a shield having a proximal surface and a distal surface,
wherein the distal surface is operable to cover an external os of the cervix;
an arm having an exterior surface, a proximal end and a distal end,
wherein the proximal end of the arm is attached to the distal surface of the shield and the distal end of the arm is operable to be inserted into the cervix,
a sleeve configured to extend along a length of the arm between the proximal end and the distal end, the sleeve comprising an injection port and a plurality of tubes embedded within the sleeve,
a bore extending longitudinally through the arm and through the shield such that the bore has an opening at the distal end of the arm and an opening on a side of the shield opposite the arm, wherein the bore is operable to receive a catheter,
wherein the sleeve is operable to conform to a lining of the cervix.