Abstract: A medical coupling device (8) as part of a medical system for withdrawing an ovum from a follicle. The coupling device has an inner chamber (3) that is formed from first (1) and second (2) parts, which are press-fitted together or slidably fitted together by means of male and female engagement parts (6). The inner chamber has a pair of axial openings (4) for receiving a first conduit (9) and a lateral opening (5) for receiving a second conduit (10) therein. In one embodiment, the first conduit includes a single lumen and a side port (11) of which the second conduit is in fluid communication with the single lumen of the first conduit in the inner chamber of the coupling device. In a second embodiment, the first conduit includes multiple lumens (12,13), of which only one of the lumens of the first conduit has a side port that is in fluid communication with the second conduit in the inner chamber of the coupling device.

Abstract: A method of and system for mounting a vascular occlusion balloon on a delivery catheter. The occlusion balloon has an interior and a neck having access to the interior and a self-sealing internal balloon valve positioned at least partially in the neck. The mounting system includes a stylet having a distal end that is insertable through the longitudinal passageway of a peel-away sheath and through the internal balloon valve and into the interior of the occlusion balloon. When the stylet is inserted in the occlusion balloon, the peel-away sheath is advanced through the valve into the interior of the balloon. The stylet is removed from the balloon and peel-away sheath, and a soft durometer, flexible tip delivery catheter inserted into the interior of the balloon through the peel-away sheath. The sheath is peeled away from the delivery catheter and out of the internal balloon valve and the interior of the balloon.