AltaSeal®

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The AltaSeal® micro-insert and delivery system is based on the CELT® ACD, an FDA approved arterial closure device which is now implanted in about 85,000 patients worldwide. Recognizing that the core technology in CELT could be adapted to provide a non-surgical and removable option for women who have chosen permanent contraception, Dr. Coleman and Mr. Cummins founded AltaScience to develop AltaSeal.

 

The AltaSeal medical grade metal micro-insert is placed in the fallopian tube by a gynecologist using a standard hysteroscope. When the device is positioned at the opening of the fallopian tube, wings emerge from the body of the micro-insert, blocking the fallopian tube and holding the device in place.  Uniquely, the device can also be removed via hysteroscope, for example, when a woman has passed through menopause and may no longer need it

 
 
 

Implant Size

 

AltaScience is developing AltaSeal®, a non-surgical alternative to tubal ligation. AltaSeal® is a soft stainless steel micro-insert, which is placed the fallopian tubes using a special type of telescope called a hysteroscope. AltaSeal® can be placed in a gynaecologist’s office, rather than in a hospital, and the procedure takes about 15 minutes. Because there’s no anesthesia or surgery, a woman can expect to resume normal activities on the same day, or the next day.

 
 

Implant Visibility

 

AltaSeal® is clearly visable by both trans-vaginal ultrasound and abdominal ultrasound


TS view of both AltaSeal® implants  

 
 

Current Standard of Care

 

Around the world, about 220M women are currently relying on permanent contraception via surgical tubal ligation to avoid pregnancy.

 

Surgical tubal ligation is an abdominal surgery requiring hospitalisation and anesthesia. It’s usually carried out via laparoscopy; instruments are passed through the abdominal wall and the fallopian tubes are cut, clipped, tied, removed, or disrupted with energy.  It’s generally safe and effective and often offered as a day-case, so normally, a woman can expect to go home on the same day. However, she will have undergone surgery, and it will be several days before she can resume normal activities.

 
 

THIS DEVICE IS NOT FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES

 – IT IS AN INVESTIGATIONAL DEVICE LIMITED BY FEDERAL (OR UNITED STATES) LAW TO INVESTIGATIONAL USE.