US Patent Issued to CrossBay Medical on Sept. 16 for "Apparatus and method for everting catheter for IUD delivery and placement in the uterine cavity" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,873, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CrossBay Medical Inc. (San Diego).

"Apparatus and method for everting catheter for IUD delivery and placement in the uterine cavity" was invented by Steven R. Bacich (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Matthew Thomas Yurek (San Diego), Jack Greelis (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Piush Vidyarthi (San Rafael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An everting balloon system is disclosed that can be used for the placement of an IUD within the uterine cavity of a female patient. The everting balloon system with IUD can be used to access a uterine cavity at specific locations in the fundus. A one-handed IUD delivery ...