Patent ID: 6416466
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An improved vaginal speculum comprising:a) a first body having a front upper jaw portion, a middle portion having an opening and a first handle portion extending from the middle portion; b) a second body having a front lower jaw portion and a second handle portion, the second body pivotally connected to the first body such that the upper and lower jaw portions are adjacent to each other when in a closed position, the first and second bodies being movable between closed and open positions; c) an aperture extending through one of the first and second handle portions from an exterior to an interior thereof; d) a first buckling member movably located in the aperture and having a first inner portion extending from the interior of the handle portion having the aperture toward the other handle portion; e) a second buckling member fixedly mounted on an interior of the handle portion without the aperture and having a second inner portion extending toward the handle portion having the aperture, the first and second inner portions being adjacent to each other when the first and second bodies are in the open position; and, a fastening device including a protruding block extending from one of the first and second inner portions engaging a recess in the other of the first and second inner portions, such engagement holding the first and second bodies in the open position.