Essure Birth Control Device Keeping FDA Busy
In 2002, Bayer Pharmaceutical invented a relatively non-invasive form of permanent birth control, known as Essure. The Essure procedure can be done in several minutes by a gynecologist, has a recovery time of approximately two days, and does not require an anesthetic, unlike tubal litigation (colloquially known as “getting your tubes tied”). Essure is a nickel and titanium covered coil that is inserted into each of a women’s fallopian tubes. The women must take another form of birth control three