Patent ID: 9211141
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A vaginal manipulator configured to be inserted through a vaginal opening, the vaginal manipulator comprising: an elongated portion having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the elongated portion having an actuating mechanism; and a head portion extending from the distal end portion of the elongated portion, the head portion including a piercing member having a longitudinal axis, the piercing member includes a linear piercing member, wherein when the vaginal manipulator is situated within the vagina the piercing member is configured to temporarily help retain a bodily implant proximate an outer surface of a vaginal wall, the piercing member configured to move, along a linear path, from a retracted position in which the piercing member is internal to the head portion to an extended position in which a portion of the piercing member is external to the head portion, wherein in the extended position the piercing member is configured to extend through the vaginal wall, wherein the actuating mechanism is operatively coupled to the piercing member and is configured to move the piercing member from its retracted position to its extended position such that the piercing member moves in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the piercing member, the longitudinal axis of the piercing member being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the head portion.