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In addition to IUDs, the new device is poised to reduce pain across an array of fertility and gynecological procedures, including hysteroscopies, embryo transfers, intrauterine inseminations (IUI), fallopian tube patency assessments, and endometrial biopsies.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
These last two tests are looking at the openness of the nose, also known as nasal patency.
—Kate Greene, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2013
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
These last two tests are looking at the openness of the nose, also known as nasal patency.
—Kate Greene, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2013
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“Patency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patency. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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patency
noun
pa·ten·cy
ˈpat-ᵊn-sē 
ˈpāt-
ˈpāt-
plural patencies
: the quality or state of being open or unobstructed
evaluating arterial patency
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