ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,255, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sebela VLC Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda).
"Intrauterine contraceptive device" was invented by Michael Tal (Savyon, Israel), Bob Katz (San Jose, Calif.), Mark James Debisschop (Harwinton, Conn.), Peter Wilson (Killingworth, Conn.) and Oleg Shikhman (Trumbull, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for promoting contraception by placing a contraceptive device within a uterus without blocking fallopian tubes may involve advancing a distal end of a delivery device through a cervix, advancing the contraceptive device comprising an elongate shape memory member out of the distal end of the delivery ...