Patent ID: 9492312
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a housing passageway configured to receive an insertion member, the housing defining a vacuum channel and a vacuum chamber, the vacuum channel in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber; an actuator at least partially disposed within the vacuum chamber such that movement of the actuator within the vacuum chamber produces a vacuum; and a head coupled to the housing, the head defining a head passageway in fluid communication with the vacuum channel of the housing, the head including a circular contact portion, the head passageway being centered in the circular contact portion, the circular contact portion configured to contact a surface associated with a cervix of a uterus, the contact portion configured to circumscribe an opening to a bodily cavity associated with the cervix, a side wall of the contact portion defining a volume that is configured to at least partially circumscribe the opening to the bodily cavity such that when the contact portion contacts the surface, the side wall and a portion of the surface substantially enclose the volume, a first end portion of the side wall disposed a first distance from the head passageway, a second end portion of the side wall disposed a second distance from the head passageway, the first distance being different than the second distance, the first end portion of the sidewall being a first point at the most distal end of an outermost circumferential edge of the sidewall and the second end portion of the sidewall being a second point at the most distal end of the outermost circumferential edge of the sidewall, the volume in fluid communication with the head passageway such that when the actuator is moved a vacuum source is exerted on the portion of the surface.