Patent ID: 9186178
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vaginal manipulator comprising: a head having a first end connected to a distal end of a shaft and a distal end opposite of the first end, an anterior side opposite a posterior side, with the anterior side of the head including a first lateral edge opposite of a second lateral edge, where the first and second lateral edges of the anterior side of the head extend between the first end and the distal end of the head; a tissue index attached to the head, the tissue index including a first arm that is engaged with the first lateral edge of the anterior side of the head, a second arm that is engaged with the second lateral edge of the anterior side of the head, and a rib connected between the first arm and the second arm, with the rib disposed laterally across the anterior side of the head; a door having a pivot portion attached to a distal portion of the head and a free portion that is movable away from the first end of the head, where the door provides the head with a substantially smooth posterior surface that is configured to reduce or prevent the head from pinching tissue when the head is inserted into a vagina; and a head extender attached to the distal end of the head and configured to provide manipulation and control of an apex the vagina.