Patent ID: 7128706
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: A61B,A61H,A61N,A63B

Abstract:
1. A vaginal probe, more specifically for diagnostis and therapy of incontinence, with an external portion, an internal portion, and a crosspiece joining said external and internal portions together, said external portion being configured to be a handle and said internal portion being configured as a generally rounded body, wherein said internal portion a) is oriented symmetrically about a longitudinal center plane which is oriented between the legs of the female patient when the vaginal probe is inserted, b) shows cross sections taken in planes running crossways to said longitudinal center plane and said crosspiece, wherein in said cross sections, a height dimension H, which is determined parallel to the longitudinal center plane, is at most half a width B, which is determined across said longitudinal center plane, and c) comprises a front subsection distal from the external portion, a central section and a rear subsection, the central section being curved, the rear subsection being connected to the crosspiece, said front subsection and said rear subsection being integrally joined together through the central section and said front subsection and said rear subsection being inclined to each other at an angle of 170–100°, wherein said internal portion comprises sensors on its surface.