Patent ID: 8657836
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for reducing tissue damage or ruptures during child delivery, comprising: a sheet of flexible material, having an upper side and a lower side, wherein at least a part said lower side in use is in contact with the birth canal wall and the vaginal opening edge and said upper side is faded away from the birth canal wall, wherein said device further comprises a lower section to be applied outside the vaginal opening in use, the lower section comprising at least two end sections separated by a slit that extends to an edge of the lower section, thereby facilitating bending of the device at the position of the vaginal opening edge along the vaginal opening edge, a middle section connected to the lower section and arranged to be applied to the vaginal opening edge in use, a top section connected to the middle section opposite to the lower section, and arranged to be applied to the birth canal wall in use, wherein the lower section, the middle section, and the top section divide the device along a longitudinal axis, wherein the flexible material of the middle section is continuous between the outermost lateral edges of the device, and wherein a distance between the outermost lateral edges of the device at a position of the middle section is larger than a distance between the outermost lateral edges of the device at a position of the top section.