Patent ID: 7371212
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vaginal speculum comprising: two spoon blades, which are intended for introduction into the vagina, which are elongated and are located alongside and opposite one another, and which are mutually hinging about a hinge with a hinge axis running in the widthwise direction of the spoon blades; a handle module provided with operating handle and a handgrip, the spoon blades being fixed detachably on the handle module, wherein the speculum is constructed in modular fashion with the handle module and a spoon blade module; wherein spoon blades and the hinge are provided on the spoon blade module; wherein the speculum further comprises: wherein the transmission means are provided on the spoon blade module wherein the locking means are provided on the spoon blade module and comprise locking elements that are designed to hold the spoon blades locked in the open state in the vagina when the handle module is disconnected from the spoon blade module after the spoon blades have been introduced into the vagina and are in the open state.