Method for achieving reversible male sterilization

Claim 3

A method as in claim 1 wherein said step of exposing a portion of said vas deferens is accomplished by a high midscrotal incision thereby exposing the nonciliated scrotal portion of said vas deferens.

Claim 4

A method as in claim 1 wherein said plug consists of a cylindrical plug of luminal diameter having at least one filiform thread attached to one of its ends.

Claim 5

A method as in claim 3 wherein said plug is made of nonreactive and nonabsorbable surgical nylon thread.

Claim 6

A method as in claim 1 wherein said plug is inserted into said vasal lumen by means of a straight needle to which said mechanical device is attached.

Claim 7

A method as in claim 1 wherein said plug is inserted into the exposed vas deferens from the testes side to the epididymal side.

Claim 8

A method as in claim 1 wherein said filiform thread is tied around the circumference of the vas deferens at the epididymal side.

Claim 9

In a method for reversing male sterilization achieved by vas occlusion which comprises the steps of exposing A portion of the vas deferens by a midscrotal incision, inserting into the vasal lumen a physiologically inert plug of luminal diameter having at least one physiologically inert thread attached to one of its ends and extending through the wall of said vas deferens, fixing said plug within said vasal lumen by tying said thread around said vas deferens and restoring said vas deferens to its original unexposed position and closing said scrotal incision, in which said sterilization is reversed by exposing said portion of said vas deferens containing said intravasal plug, cutting said thread tied around said vas deferens thereby releasing said plug, removing said plug from said vasal lumen by pulling said thread, introducing one end of a splint thread into said previously occluded vasal lumen, attaching said other end of said splint thread to the scrotal skin and restoring said vas deferens to its original unexposed position and closing said scrotal incision.

Claim 10

In a method for reversing male sterilization achieved by vas occlusion which comprises the steps of exposing A portion of the vas deferens by a midscrotal incision, inserting into the vasal lumen a physiologically inert plug of luminal diameter having at least one physiologically inert thread attached to one of its ends and extending through the wall of said vas deferens, fixing said plug within said vasal lumen by tying said thread around said vas deferens and restoring said vas deferens to its original unexposed position and closing said scrotal incision, in which said sterilization is reversed by exposing said portion of said vas deferens containing said intravasal plug, cutting said thread tied around said vas deferens thereby releasing said plug, removing said plug from said vasal lumen by pulling said thread, introducing one end of a splint thread into said previously occluded vasal lumen, attaching said other end of said splint thread to the scrotal skin and restoring said vas deferens to its original unexposed position and closing said scrotal incision.