US Patent Issued to MEDICINES360 on June 17 for "IUD insertion devices with string control" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,678, issued on June 17, was assigned to MEDICINES360 (San Francisco).

"IUD insertion devices with string control" was invented by Rob Deckman (San Bruno, Calif.), Mark Robert Sponsel (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Dan Hovde (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Curt Guyer (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Single-handed IUD insertion devices, methods and kits are disclosed. The single-handed IUD insertion devices have a plurality of flexing detent arms to control axial movement of the 641 elongated guide and string control slider during use."

The patent was filed on Nov. 23, 2022, under Application No. 18/058,289.

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