Patent ID: 8460187
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A vaginal speculum, comprising: a handle adapted for gripping by a user; a dilation assembly, connected to the handle, for separating and retaining vaginal walls of a patient so as to permit inspection of a cervix of the patient, said dilation assembly having a proximal end portion proximate to the handle and a distal end portion remote from the handle; a dilation actuator, operatively associated with the dilation assembly, for moving the dilation assembly between a contracted configuration, wherein the distal end portion has a reduced circumference to facilitate introduction of the dilation assembly with the patient and withdrawal therefrom, and an expended configuration, wherein the distal end portion is expanded to define an enlarged visualization aperture; and said dilation actuator being operative to expand said distal end portion of said dilation assembly in relation to at least a first axis and a second axis transverse to said first axis.