Patents Assigned to Adiana, Inc.
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Patent number: 7220259Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Brett Bowman, Peter M. Breining
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Publication number: 20040255958Abstract: Methods and devices for occlusion of the fallopian tubes of a woman. The method involves thermally damaging the lining of the utero-tubal junction with relatively low power, followed by placement of a reticulated foam plug. In one embodiment, vascularized tissue grows into the plug and prevents or discourages formation of scar tissue around the plug. Another embodiment with a relatively small foam pore size encourages formation of a vascularized capsule around the plug. The presence of this vascularized capsule limits the patient's foreign body response, so that the capsule does not constrict around the plug. Also presented is a catheter designed for wounding the epithelial layer of the utero-tubal junction, and a method of using the catheter to form a long yet shallow lesion in the utero-tubal junction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Victoria E. Carr-Brendel, Brett S. Bowman
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Publication number: 20040204720Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Brett Bowman, Peter M. Breining
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Patent number: 6780182Abstract: A system for facilitating the placement of a catheter within the human body, in a lumen or vessel such as the fallopian tubes, and controlling the catheter after placement. The system coordinates the operation of treatment electrodes on the catheter with informative displays and prompts to an operator, based on information derived from electrical parameters of position detection electrodes on the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Brett S. Bowman, Vijay Dhaka, Kenneth Kitlas, Douglas C. Harrington
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Patent number: 6726682Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Brett Bowman, Peter M. Breining
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Patent number: 6712810Abstract: Methods and devices for occlusion of the fallopian tubes of a woman. The method involves thermally damaging the lining of the utero-tubal junction with relatively low power, followed by placement of a reticulated foam plug. In one embodiment, vascularized tissue grows into the plug and prevents or discourages formation of scar tissue around the plug. Another embodiment with a relatively small foam pore size encourages formation of a vascularized capsule around the plug. The presence of this vascularized capsule limits the patient's foreign body response, so that the capsule does not constrict around the plug. Also presented is a catheter designed for wounding the epithelial layer of the utero-tubal junction, and a method of using the catheter to form a long yet shallow lesion in the utero-tubal junction.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2001Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Victoria E. Carr-Brendenl, Brett S. Bowman
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Publication number: 20030220636Abstract: A system for facilitating the placement of a catheter within the human body, in a lumen or vessel such as the fallopian tubes, and controlling the catheter after placement. The system coordinates the operation of treatment electrodes on the catheter with informative displays and prompts to an operator, based on information derived from electrical parameters of position detection electrodes on the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Brett S. Bowman, Vijay Dhaka, Kenneth Kitlas, Douglas C. Harrington
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Patent number: 6346102Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Brett Bowman, Peter M. Breining
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Patent number: 6309384Abstract: Methods and devices for occlusion of the fallopian tubes of a women. The method involves thermally damaging the lining of the utero-tubal junction with relatively low power, followed by placement of a reticulated foam plug. In one embodiment, vascularized tissue grows into the plug and prevents or discourages formation of scar tissue around the plug. Another embodiment with a relatively small foam pore size encourages formation of a vascularized capsule around the plug. The presence of this vascularized capsule limits the patient's foreign body response, so that the capsule does not constrict around the plug. Also presented is a catheter designed for wounding the epithelial layer of the utero-tubal junction, and a method of using the catheter to form a long yet shallow lesion in the utero-tubal junction.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Victoria E. Carr-Brendel, Brett S. Bowman
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Patent number: 6068626Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1999Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Brett Bowman, Peter M. Breining
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Patent number: 5954715Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Adiana, Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Harrington, Brett Bowman, Peter M. Breining