A device for occluding a tubular body lumen that includes a structure having a proximal and a distal end and having a means for securing said device to the wall of a fallopian tube prior to tissue in-growth; the device for occluding a tubular body lumen wherein the device is constructed from a radio-opaque substance; the distal end of the occlusion device includes a connection means for connecting to an insertion rod; wherein said device has a plurality of spikes, bumps, grooves, protrusions to secure said device to the wall of a fallopian tube prior to tissue in-growth and removal of an insertion rod; wherein said device having one of a rigid outer or semirigid outer construction; The occluding device having one of a smooth, a porous, and a combination smooth and porous surface; wherein the occluding device includes antimicrobial properties; wherein the proximal and distal ends of the device comprise a circular shape, an oval shape, a half oval shape, a cylindrical shape, a cone shape, a bullet shape, a sphere shape or a combination thereof; and wherein the occluding device is one of a solid, hollow, and a combination of solid and hollow.

The present invention comprises systems, methods and devices for the delivery of compositions for occluding or of means for opening conduits. The implantable occlusive material may be delivered pre-formed or in situ cured and, may be a resorbable material that supports tissue ingrowth that eventually replaces the material leaving little or no original material in place. The delivery system is positioned to allow for placement of the occlusive material into the body conduit. Use of delivery systems, methods and devices for re-opening an occluded body conduit are also included.

An occlusion device has spaced struts connected by end members and is covered with a sheath. An actuator runs through the frame defined by the struts and end members. The struts are delivered in tension and allowed to relax to flex outwardly for fixation. The struts can also be placed in a relaxed condition and then flexed with relative movement of the end members when coming closer together. The set position of the struts is locked. The actuator can be at least in part removed after the struts flex. An anchor can be placed proximally to the frame and it contains spaced elongated members connected into a tubular shape with circumferential bands that have bends for flexibility to collapse for insertion and expand when placed in the lumen.

According to the invention, an uterotubal implant device is provided. Said uterotubal implant device comprises at least two compressible self-expanding bodies which are composed of a grid structure and are coupled to one another in a longitudinal direction such that one body is arranged distally in the longitudinal direction and the other body is arranged proximally in the longitudinal direction, at least one of the bodies having a spindle- or funnel-shaped design.

Methods and devices for treating and occluding a female patient's fallopian tubes to provide permanent or extended birth control or sterilization.

The present invention comprises systems, methods and devices for the delivery of compositions for occluding or of means for opening conduits. The implantable occlusive material may be delivered pre-formed or in situ cured and, may be a resorbable material that supports tissue ingrowth that eventually replaces the material leaving little or no original material in place. The delivery system is positioned to allow for placement of the occlusive material into the body conduit. Use of delivery systems, methods and devices for re-opening an occluded body conduit are also included.

Methods and devices for treating and occluding a female patient's fallopian tubes to provide permanent or extended birth control or sterilization.

The present invention comprises systems, methods and devices for the delivery of compositions for occluding or of means for opening conduits. The implantable occlusive material may be delivered pre-formed or in situ cured and, may be a resorbable material that supports tissue ingrowth that eventually replaces the material leaving little or no original material in place. The delivery system is positioned to allow for placement of the occlusive material into the body conduit. Use of delivery systems, methods and devices for re-opening an occluded body conduit are also included.

A contraceptive device is provided including an occluding component for deployment in a tubal lumen of a reproductive organ. The device includes an expandable frame reversibly expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state and a barrier supported by the expandable frame. In the expanded state the barrier is disposed between the expandable frame and walls of the lumen to inhibit in-growth of cellular material into and onto the occluding component, and additionally the barrier is urged against walls of the tubal lumen to define at least two tube lumen sealing areas, disposed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the walls of the tube lumen such that (i) the expandable frame is disposed between the two tubal lumen sealing surface, and (ii) passage of reproductive cells through the expandable frame, and through the tube lumen is blocked, therefore, creating a the complete blockage for liquids from a first part of the tube to a second part of the tube, downstream the first part. Other applications are also described.

The present invention comprises systems, methods and devices for the delivery of compositions for occluding or of means for opening conduits. The implantable occlusive material may be delivered pre-formed or in situ cured and, may be a resorbable material that supports tissue ingrowth that eventually replaces the material leaving little or no original material in place. The delivery system is positioned to allow for placement of the occlusive material into the body conduit. Use of delivery systems, methods and devices for re-opening an occluded body conduit are also included.