ParaGard is the only brand currently manufacturing copper IUDs. They are plastic T-shaped devices about the size of a quarter. Unlike hormonal IUDs, ParaGard is wrapped with a coil of copper ...

Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD When the ParaGard IUD was first introduced in the United States in 1988, the product label indicated that the copper intrauterine device (IUD) was for women ...

One, Paragard, distributed by CooperSurgical, wraps a thin layer of copper around the plastic device, offering an IUD option that doesn’t involve the use of supplemental hormones. The other four ...

Two types of IUDs are currently available in the US. The ParaGard, or CuT380 IUD, is a "T"-shaped plastic IUD with 380mg of copper wire wound around the shaft and arms of the T. A nylon ...