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Rita Semrick

Robert A Welch

Katherine J Kramer

Maurice Andre Recanati

Mohammad Ali Ozbeki

Jay Berman

Amanda Nowicki

Steven Dudick

Jacob Carney

Maik Huettemann

Avik Chakravarty

Alexander Von Mach

A vaginal speculum and side wall retractor allows clinicians to visualize the cervix and upper vagina by retracting vaginal walls simultaneously. This device is comprised of a handle, a mobile introducer allowing the device to comfortably be inserted vaginally, and a lower blade capable of stabilizing the cervix and a body containing the side wall retractor. This retractor is comprised of a rolled-up sheet of transparent plastic which can be opened through a rotating shaft countersunk in the body of the base. A friction or sprocket gear allows the rotating shaft to open and close the plastic side wall retractor as well as completely unwinding the transparent plastic sheet so that the device can be removed while leaving surgical instruments in the vagina. The rotating shaft serves as a light guide and brings light from the knob, which contains an LED, into the rolled-up sheet during examinations.

Vaginal speculum and side wall retractor

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Fresno, CA, United States of America

Rita Semrick