Patent ID: 8734337

Claim:
A surgical device comprising: a shaft connected between a handle and a head, the head having a front end portion opposite of a rear end portion that is connected to a second end of the shaft, the head of the surgical device sized for insertion into a pelvic organ selected from the group consisting of a vagina, a uterus, and a rectum, the head comprising: a central plate with a distal end connected to the shaft, an anterior surface, and a recess formed in a posterior side of the central plate and providing a posterior surface opposite the anterior surface, and a door disposed within the recess of the central plate, with a first end of the door attached by a hinge to the front end portion of the posterior side of the central plate to so configure a free end of the door to be movable away from the rear end portion of the posterior side of the central plate; wherein the rear end portion of the head is tapered to provide the head with a tapered rear end portion, the tapered rear end portion of the head has a thickness at each opposed lateral edge of the rear end portion of the head that is less than a thickness of the front end portion of the head and is so configured to provide for pubic bone clearance when the head is inserted into the vagina.