Claims
- 1. A device for introducing and/or collecting fluids in the inside of the uterus of an animal, the device for being introduced through a vagina, an entry of a cervix duct, and the cervix duct into a uterus horn of a uterus body, and comprising a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, and a probe axially and slidably extending through the tube, wherein the probe has a proximal end and a distal end, and comprisesa flexible tubular body, at least one flexible duct having an inner space and fixedly housed inside the flexible tubular body, the flexible duct extending through a longitudinal chamber within the flexible body, and an outer smooth surface, the probe having an equilibrium between consistency and resilience such that, when being pushed after emerging from the distal end of the tube, the distal end of the flexible probe advances first through the cervix duct and thereafter through the uterus horn.
- 2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the probe comprises coupling means for coupling a tap, the coupling means being provided at the proximal end of the probe for at least one of introducing and collecting fluids.
- 3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the proximal end of the tube comprises a widened portion to facilitate handling of the device.
- 4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the distal end of the tube has an external surface comprising a spiral portion that facilitates introduction and fixing of the tube in the entry of the cervix duct.
- 5. A device according to claim 1, wherein, between the flexible duct and the flexible tubular body of the probe, a plurality of flexible longitudinal ribs is arranged for increasing consistency and maintaining flexibility of the probe.
- 6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the flexible longitudinal ribs are steel threads.
- 7. A device according to claim 5, wherein the longitudinal chamber is tubular.
- 8. A device according to claim 1, wherein the distal end of the probe comprises a distal piece that adapted to the inner space of the flexible tubular body and to the flexible duct, the distal piece including an opening being located as a continuation of the flexible duct for establishing at least one of an inlet and an outlet for the fluid.
- 9. A device according to claim 1, wherein the probe comprises coupling means for coupling a tap, the coupling means being is a proximal piece connected to the inner space of the flexible tubular body, to the flexible duct and to the tap.
- 10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the probe comprisessaid flexible duct as a first flexible duct, an additional flexible duct as a second flexible duct within the probe, an elastic small external coating provided on the outside of the probe at a portion near said distal end of the probe, and a communication between the second flexible duct and said outside of the probe, provided in said area near to the distal end of the probe, said external coating and said communication being arranged such that, when the distal end of the flexible probe has been placed in a final position in the uterus horn and air is injected from said second flexible duct through said communication, said external coating swells balloon-like for adapting itself to wall portions of the uterus horn thereby avoiding refluxes of liquids that have been introduced in said uterus horn when intrauterine fluids are being suctioned through said first flexible duct.
- 11. A device according to claim 10, wherein the first flexible duct and the second flexible duct are concentric, and said first flexible duct extends within said second flexible duct.
- 12. A device according to claim 1, further comprisingan elastic small external coating provided on the outside of the probe at a portion near said distal end of the probe, and a communication between the longitudinal chamber and said outside of the probe, provided in said area near to the distal end of the probe, said external coating and said communication being arranged such that, when the distal end of the flexible probe has been placed in a final position in the uterus horn and air is injected from said longitudinal chamber through said communication, said external coating swells balloon-like for adapting itself to wall portions of the uterus horn thereby avoiding refluxes of liquids that have been introduced in said uterus horn when intrauterine fluids are being suctioned through said flexible duct.
- 13. A device according to claim 1, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 30° to 160°, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 14. A device according to claim 1, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 100° to 150, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 15. A device according to claim 1, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 135° to 145°, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 16. A device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible tubular body is a longitudinal helicoidal member and the outer surface of the probe is made of a layer of flexible material.
- 17. A device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible tubular body is made of a first flexible material and the outer surface of the probe is made of a layer of a second flexible material.
- 18. A device according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the probe is the surface of the flexible tubular body.
- 19. A method for introducing and/or collecting fluids in the inside of the uterus of an animal, the device for being introduced through a vagina, an entry of a cervix duct, and the cervix duct into a uterus horn of a uterus body, and comprising a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, and a probe axially and slidably extending through the tube, wherein the probe has a proximal end and a distal end, and comprisesa flexible tubular body, at least one flexible duct having an inner space and fixedly housed inside the flexible tubular body, the flexible duct extending through a longitudinal chamber within the flexible body, and an outside surface, the probe having an equilibrium between consistency and resilience such that, when being pushed after emerging from the distal end of the tube, the distal end of the probe advances first through the cervix duct and thereafter through the uterus horn; the method comprisinga first step of introducing the tube through the vagina until reaching the cervix duct, a second step of rotating the tube is rotated counterclockwise making the tube advance and become anchored within the cervix duct, whereby a firm holding of the cervix duct by the tube being produced, a third step comprising introducing, by the proximal end of the tube, the distal end of the flexible probe until the distal end of the flexible probe reaches the distal end of the tube and then slightly rotating the tube to the left and to the right as well as simultaneously pushing the flexible probe until a first protuberance of the cervix duct is surpassed, a fourth step of further pushing the flexible probe until the distal end of the flexible probe surpasses protuberances of the cervix duct until reaching the uterus body, a fifth step of further pushing the flexible probe through the uterus horn until the distal end of the probe reaches an upper portion of uterus horn, and a sixth step of injecting the fluid through into said upper portion of the uterus horn.
- 20. A method according to claim 19, wherein the probe comprises coupling means for coupling a tap, the coupling means being provided at the proximal end of the probe for at least one of introducing and collecting fluids.
- 21. A method according to claim 19, wherein the proximal end of the tube comprises a widened portion to facilitate handling of the device.
- 22. A method according to claim 19, wherein the distal end of the tube has an external surface comprising a spiral portion that facilitates introduction and fixing of the tube in the entry of the cervix duct.
- 23. A method according to claim 22, wherein the intrauterine fluids contain embryos, said liquids being suctioned from an anterior third of the uterus body.
- 24. A method according to claim 19, wherein the device further comprisesan elastic small external coating provided on the outside of the probe at a portion near said distal end of the probe, and a communication between the longitudinal chamber and said outside of the probe, provided in said area near to the distal end of the probe, said external coating and said communication being arranged such that, when the probe has been placed the upper portion of the uterus horn in the fifth step, the method comprises a first additional step of injecting air from said longitudinal chamber through said communication such that said external coating swells balloon-like for adapting itself to wall portions of the uterus horn thereby avoiding refluxes of liquids being introduced in said uterus horn when intrauterine fluids are being suctioned through said flexible duct.
- 25. A method according to claim 24, wherein the intrauterine fluids contain embryos, said liquids being suctioned from an anterior third of the uterus body.
- 26. A method according to claim 19, wherein the device further comprisesthe flexible duct as a first flexible duct an additional flexible as a second duct within the probe an elastic small external coating provided on the outside of the probe at a portion near said distal end of the probe, and a communication between the second flexible duct and said outside of the probe, provided in said area near to the distal end of the probe, said external coating and said communication being arranged such that, when the distal end of the flexible probe has been placed in the upper portion of the uterus horn in the fifth step, the method comprises a first additional step of injecting air from said second flexible duct through said communication such that said external coating swells balloon-like for adapting itself to wall portions of the uterus horn thereby avoiding refluxes of liquids being introduced in said uterus horn when intrauterine fluids are being suctioned through said first flexible duct.
- 27. A method according to claim 19, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 30° to 160°, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 28. A method according to claim 19, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 100° to 150, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 29. A method according to claim 19, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 135° to 145°, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 30. A method according to claim 19, wherein the flexible tubular body is a longitudinal helicoidal member and the outer surface of the probe is made of a layer of flexible material.
- 31. A method according to claim 19, wherein the flexible tubular body is made of a first flexible material and the outer surface of the probe is made of a layer of a second flexible material.
- 32. A method according to claim 13, wherein the surface of the probe is the surface of the flexible tubular body.
- 33. A probe for introducing and/or collecting fluids in the inside of the uterus of an animal, the probe for being introduced through a vagina, an entry of a cervix duct, and the cervix duct into a uterus horn of a uterus body, the probe having a proximal end and a distal end, and comprisinga flexible tubular body, at least one flexible duct having an inner space and fixedly housed inside the flexible tubular body, the flexible duct extending through a longitudinal chamber within the flexible body, and an outside surface, the probe having an equilibrium between consistency and resilience such that its distal end of the flexible probe is capable of advancing first through the cervix duct and thereafter through the uterus horn.
- 34. A probe according to claim 33, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 30° to 160°, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 35. A probe according to claim 33, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 100° to 150, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 36. A probe according to claim 33, wherein the probe has a resilience such that, a longitudinal section of 5 cm length of the probe is able to bend 135° to 145°, and a consistency such that a longitudinal section of 8 to 10 cm length of the probe resists a load of 1.5 to 4.5N without bending when the load is applied perpendicularly on the longitudinal section.
- 37. A probe according to claim 33, wherein, between the flexible duct and the flexible tubular body of the probe, a plurality of flexible longitudinal ribs is arranged for increasing consistency and maintaining flexibility of the probe.
- 38. A probe according to claim 33, wherein the flexible longitudinal ribs are steel threads.
- 39. A probe according to claim 33, wherein the longitudinal chamber is tubular.
- 40. A probe according to claim 33, wherein the distal end of the probe comprises a distal piece that is adapted to the inner space of the flexible tubular body and to the flexible duct, the distal piece including an opening being located as a continuation of the flexible duct for establishing at least one of an inlet and an outlet for the fluid.
- 41. A probe according to claim 33, further comprising coupling means for coupling a tap, the coupling means being provided at the proximal end of the probe for at least one of introducing and collecting fluids.
- 42. A probe according to claim 33, further comprising coupling means for coupling a tap, wherein the coupling means for the tap is a proximal piece connected to the inner space of the flexible tubular body, to the flexible duct, and to the tap.
- 43. A probe according to claim 33, wherein the probe comprisessaid flexible duct as a first flexible duct an additional flexible duct within the probe, an elastic small external coating provided on the outside of the probe at a portion near said distal end of the probe, and a communication between the second flexible duct and said outside of the probe, provided in said area near to the distal end of the probe, said external coating and said communication being arranged such that, when the distal end of the flexible probe has been placed in a final position in the uterus horn and air is injected from said second flexible duct through said communication, said external coating swells balloon-like for adapting itself to wall portions of the uterus horn thereby avoiding refluxes of liquids that have been introduced in said uterus horn when intrauterine fluids are being suctioned through said first flexible duct.
- 44. A probe according to claim 43, wherein the first flexible duct and the second flexible duct are concentric, and said first flexible duct extends within said second flexible duct.
- 45. A probe according to claim 43, further comprisingan elastic small external coating provided on the outside of the probe at a portion near said distal end of the probe, and a communication between the longitudinal chamber and said outside of the probe, provided in said area near to the distal end of the probe, said external coating and said communication being arranged such that, when the distal end of the flexible probe has been placed in a final position in the uterus horn and air is injected from said longitudinal chamber through said communication, said external coating swells balloon-like for adapting itself to wall portions of the uterus horn thereby avoiding refluxes of liquids that have been introduced in said uterus horn when intrauterine fluids are being suctioned through said flexible duct.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation-in-part of application PCT/ES00/00423, filed Nov. 3, 2000, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety. Priority is hereby claimed under 35 USC Section 120.
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