Patent ID: 7060029
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for retracting wall surfaces within a vagina during examination with a speculum having opposed blades opened for retracting tissue from anterior and posterior wall surfaces of the vagina and a frame having an opening through which internal structures are visualized, wherein the apparatus comprises a first lateral structure including: a first handle portion including a J-shaped downwardly open slot extending along a first lateral portion of the frame and inwardly along a first curved portion of the frame with the first side of the frame engaged within the downwardly open slot for removably attaching the first lateral structure to a first side of the frame of the speculum; and a first lateral blade extending downward from the first handle portion, laterally adjacent a space between the opened opposed blades of the speculum with the first side of the frame engaged within the downwardly open slot of the first handle portion.