What is Essure?

The Essure permanent birth control system is designed to provide a non-incisional alternative for women seeking sterilization. By offering the Essure procedure to your patients, you will be using breakthrough technology which has overcome the historic obstacles to hysteroscopic sterilization.

How It Works
Using a hysteroscopic approach, one Essure micro-insert is placed in the proximal section of each fallopian tube lumen. The micro-insert expands upon release, acutely anchoring itself in the fallopian tube.

The micro-insert subsequently elicits a benign natural tissue response. Tissue in-growth into the micro-insert permanently anchors the device and occludes the fallopian tube, resulting in sterilization.

The Essure system was 99.80% effective after 4 years of follow up and has been demonstrated to be 99.74% effective at 5 years follow up with a small portion of the women undergoing clinical studies. Five year follow up of all patients in clinical trials is ongoing.

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