Patent ID: 9724128
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A medical device for manipulating a vagina or vaginal tissue of a patent during a surgical procedure within a pelvic region of the patient, the medical device comprising: a first end portion, the first end portion having a first width; a second end portion, the second end portion having a second width; and a medial portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, the medial portion having a third width, the third width being smaller than the first width, the third width being smaller than the second width, the medial portion having a curved portion, the medial portion having a cylindrical shape, the medial portion defining a plurality of distance demarcations indicating a distance from the first end portion, the first end portion having a first planar surface and a second planar surface, the second planar surface being separated from the first planar surface by a thickness of the first end portion, the second planar surface being parallel to the first planar surface, the first end portion defining a longitudinal axis, the second end portion defining a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the first end portion being disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the second end portion.