NON-SURGICAL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HUMAN EMBRYO TRANSFER

摘要

-41-ABSTRACTThis invention relates to a non-surgicalmethod for human embryo transfer. This method per-mits the non-surgical transfer of a fertilized eggfrom a human female donor to a human female recip-ient. The method of this invention includes aprocess for artificial embryonation.This invention also relates to an apparatusfor use in non-surgical procedures for treating thehuman uterus. The apparatus of the invention, calleda uterine catheter, is of flexible, non-rigid con-struction which possesses sufficient stiffness topermit introduction of the device into the body byitself, without the need for rigid stylet or stiffen-ing rod introduction means.