Assertion: speculum | /r/HasProperty | ready
Facets:
value: in the position
type: OTHER
value: for use
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the underside of the housing is provided with at least one surface that tapers with respect to the longitudinal direction of the speculum in the direction of the external part thereof, on which surface the musculus sphincter ani externus and/or the musculus bulbocavernosus is able to act/engage when the speculum is in the position in which it has been inserted in the vagina and is ready for use, that is to say when the spoon blades are in the position in which they have been brought together (or when the spoon blades are in the unspread position), such that a compressive force pushing the speculum in to the vagina is exerted on said tapering surface,
text: According to a further advantageous embodiment, the outside of the housing can be provided with a constriction extending over at least part of the periphery of the housing, in which constriction muscle tissue extending around the mouth of the vagina is able to engage when the speculum has been inserted in the vagina and is in the position ready for spreading.