Patent ID: 8821393

Claim:
A vaginal manipulator comprising: a shaft; a handle connected to a proximal end of the shaft; a head having an anterior side opposite a posterior side and including a core fixed to the shaft and a sleeve coupled in a sliding relationship to the core, the head including an index comprising a post that is coupled to the core in a biased relationship; a door hinged to the head with a proximal end of the door movable away from the posterior side of the head; an actuator mechanism coupled to the sleeve and to the door, the actuator mechanism operable to lock the sleeve in a selected axial position relative to the core; and wherein the shaft is curved to locate the anterior side of the head closer to the handle than the posterior side of the head is to the handle; wherein a proximal end of the core defines a proximal end of the head and a distal end of the sleeve defines a distal end of the head, and the proximal end of the core is fixed to the shaft; wherein the sleeve moves relative to the core to provide the head with an adjustable length between the proximal end of the head and the distal end of the head; and wherein the index has a first position retained between the core and the sleeve and a second position in which the index is biased to an extended position projecting away from the anterior side of the head when the sleeve is moved away from the proximal end of the core.