US 12,127,968 B2
Methods and devices for controlled delivery
Kathy Lee-Sepsick, Suwanee, GA (US); and Jeremy Sipos, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to Femasys Inc., Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by Femasys Inc., Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,523.
Application 18/135,523 is a division of application No. 16/402,193, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 11,744,729.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,725, filed on May 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329900 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 6/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61F 6/18 (2006.01); A61F 6/20 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 6/22 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1204 (2013.01); A61F 6/18 (2013.01); A61F 6/20 (2013.01); A61L 24/0015 (2013.01); A61L 24/0042 (2013.01); A61L 24/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1425 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1433 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A contraceptive device, comprising at least an insertion tube for providing at least one catheter; at least one catheter, comprising an end structure on a delivery end that maintains the delivery end in at least one uterine cornua and aids in localized delivery of the one or more compositions; a handle comprising a level, a receptacle for receiving a material cartridge and a slider for moving a catheter slide, wherein the catheter slide moves the at least one catheter in a proximal or distal direction; a system plunger controlled by a lock, wherein the lock is movable between position one and position 2; wherein the system plunger is reversibly coupled to a control rod, the control rod defining two sets of parallel connecting elements, one set comprising attachment elements for moving two air syringes, and a second set comprising positioning elements, for moving material plunger actuators; wherein the lock is movable between a first position and a second position, and, when the lock is in the first position, the system plunger and the control rod are coupled such that movement of the system plunger moves the control rod, and when the lock is in the second position, the system plunger and the control rod are uncoupled such that the system plunger can move independently of the control rod and optionally, the optional material cartridge, optionally positioned within the receptacle in the handle, and the optional material cartridge optionally containing a composition comprising an occlusive material.