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Permanent Birth Control Essure Under FDA Review for Reportedly Causing Pain, Depression, and Even Death

The US Food and Drug Administration just announced that they will be holding a public meeting of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel on September 24 th in order to discuss “the safety and ...
Business Wire

New CPT Code Values Provided For Essure Procedure

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2004--Conceptus, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPTS) announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Final Rule for the 2005 ...
NBC News

Conceptus(R) Signs Exclusivity Agreement With VirtaMed AG to Supply the EssureSim(TM) Hysteroscopic Simulator to Enhance Physician Training

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure (R) procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...
NBC News

Essure(R) Success to be Highlighted at 39TH AAGL Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS),developer of the Essure® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...
WTAE-TV

FDA says controversial birth control procedure is safe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responding to a Channel 4 Action News investigation into a controversial birth control procedure.Thousands of women around the country have complained about ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Conceptus(R) Receives FDA Approvable Letter for Compatible Use of Hologic’s NovaSure(R) With Essure(R) Inserts in Place

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure ® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...
Yahoo

The Consumer's Guide to Essure Birth Control

Essure is a permanent birth control device that consists of two small metal coils inserted through the vagina into the fallopian tubes (see image, below). The device is popular among women and ...
WAVE3

Statement from Bayer concerning Essure

At Bayer, our mission is to create medicines and devices that help people. We have great sympathy for anyone who is experiencing pain, regardless of the cause. We have also read the stories from women ...
WPTV-TV

Essure contraceptive implant: Should it stay or should it go?

A breakthrough contraceptive implant made its way on the market more than 10 years ago. Thirteen years later, thousands of women want Essure to go, the New York Times reported. Essure, manufactured by ...
Wichita Eagle

Report: Essure less effective than tubal ligation as permanent birth control method

Ellen Hanrahan plays with her 2-year-old daughter, Leena Hanrahan, in their home in Prophetstown, Ill. In 2012 Hanrahan gave birth to Leena, despite undergoing a permanent sterilization procedure ...
WFMY News2

North Carolina Woman Files Lawsuit Against Bayer's Essure

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- No surgery, a faster recovery; thousands of women thought Essure was the perfect solution to a permanent birth control. But more and more women say the implant was a big mistake ...