Patent ID: 8808175
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vaginal manipulator comprising: a shaft; a handle connected to a first end of the shaft; a head having a front end portion opposite of a rear end portion that is connected to a second end of the shaft, the head comprising a rigid anterior surface opposite a rigid posterior surface of the head, the shaft including a curved portion that is configured such that when the vaginal manipulator is inserted into a vagina, the rigid anterior surface of the head is adapted to contact an anterior wall of the vagina and the rigid posterior surface of the head is adapted to contact a posterior wall of the vagina; wherein the rigid posterior surface of the head includes a recess and a door disposed in the recess, with a first end of the door attached to the front end portion of the posterior side of the head to so configure a free end of the door to be movable away from the rear end portion the posterior side of the head; and a light source provided on one of the rigid anterior surface and the door of the head.