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Description |
Butterfly-shaped IUD, in the middle a string. The fan-shaped Butterfly IUD has 2 overlapping wings, thereby facilitating adjustment of the IUD to variable uterine cavities (the one wing is broken), in the middle a string. |
Catalog number |
2004.020.0170 |
Other Name |
Butterfly 3D |
Notes |
Advertised as having lowest expulsion, lowest removal and lowest failures, there were no studies to support these claims. Sold by Graham Field Surgical Company in N.Y. , some Butterfly IUD's were distributed before the FDA urged the discontinuance of sales in the US, It was claimed that the 3-D design that would increase its effectiveness, such as an IUD is bulky, difficult and dangerous to insert, and generally poorly tolerated by the uterus. (An Atlas of Intrauterine Contraception; Thomsen, Russel J.) |
Dimensions |
W-2.8 L-5.2 cm |
Dimension Details |
Measurement for unbroken IUD only |
Manufacturer or Distributor |
Marco & Son, Inc., Oakhurst, NJ |
Lexicon category |
Intrauterine devices |
Lexicon sub-category |
Intrauterine device |
Collection |
Skuy Collection |
People |
Marco, John L. |
Search Terms |
Intrauterine Device IUD contraception birth control |
Length (cm) |
5.200 |
Material |
polyethylene/barium/nylon |
Accession number |
2004.020 |