Patent ID: 9655646
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,H05K

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: an elongated handle portion having a first end and a second end, the elongated handle portion including a bollard tab having a tapered slot for releasably securing ends of a suture; a vaginal manipulator probe that is at least partly insertable into a vagina, the vaginal manipulator probe extending from the elongated handle portion and including an arcuate end portion that is curved away from a longitudinal axis of the vaginal manipulator probe continuously to a bullous tip, the arcuate end portion including a channel that has a diameter that accommodates a cervix therewithin, the bullous tip defined by distention that increases a cross-sectional height between a bottom surface and a top surface of the vaginal manipulator probe; and a disk that is movable along at least a portion of a length of the vaginal manipulator probe, the disk including a locking mechanism to releasably secure the disk in position to limit vaginal insertion depth of the vaginal manipulator probe.